AP FACT CHECK: If he’s said it once, he’s said it 100 times

WASHINGTON (AP) — If saying things 100 times could make them true, President Donald Trump’s account of how the U.S. is doing with the coronavirus would be true.COVID-19 testing would be the envy of the world, the economy would be on the cusp of roaring back, the threat would be receding in a pandemic that has sickened more than 3.1 million Americans and killed more than 133,000.
But repetition doesn’t make for reality. The U.S. is taking a disproportionate hit from the coronavi