⁍ President Donald Trump and ‘Fox News Sunday’ host Chris Wallace sparred over COVID-19 mortality rates in the United States.
⁍ In the interview, which aired on Sunday morning, Wallace pushed back on Trump’s assertions that the US has some of the lowest death rates in the world.
⁍ Wallace did not say that the US had the highest mortality rate but rather that the country had the seventh-highest rate.

– President Trump and Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace had a testy back-and-forth over the president’s claim that the US has the lowest mortality rate in the world, the Hill reports. “Sir, we have the seventh-highest mortality rate in the world. Our mortality rate is higher than Brazil, it’s higher than Russia, and the European Union has us on a travel ban,” Wallace said, citing Johns Hopkins University mortality data. “Yeah. I think what we’ll do—well, we have them under travel ban too, Chris. I closed them off. If you remember, I was the one that did the European Union very early,” Trump replied. “When you talk about mortality rates, I think … we have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world,” Trump responded. “It’s not true sir,’ Wallace countered. “We had 900 deaths on a single day this week, you can check it out.” Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany then presented Trump with a chart claiming the US has a “#1 low mortality rate.” “I hope you show the scenario because this is what fake news is all about,” Trump said. “I don’t think I’m fake news,” Wallace replied.

—Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 19, 2020

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-wallace-challenges-trump-on-covid-19-mortality-rates-2020-7