Trump calls himself ‘king of testing’ as govs in states worst hit by coronavirus warn it’s too soon to reopen US

DONALD Trump said the US is the “King of testing” as governors in some hard-hit states say it’s too early to reopen.

The president made the comments on Twitter while New York Governor Cuomo gave his COVID-19 press briefing on Sunday morning.

“Just like I was right on Ventilators (our Country is now the “King of Ventilators”, other countries are calling asking for help-we will!), I am right on testing,” he wrote.

“Governors must be able to step up and get the job done. We will be with you ALL THE WAY!”

His declaration comes after some state governors pushed back on his calls for “Opening America Up Again” via phased guidelines this week.

States like New York saw hospitalizations decline from 18,000 to 16,000, while the number of new deaths decreased to 507 Sunday. from a high of more than 700 a day.

But Cuomo cautioned against moving on too quickly, saying “whether or not the descent continues depends on what we do.”

Speaking to CNN earlier, Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland said: “The administration I think is trying to ramp up testing, they are doing some things with respect to private labs.

“But to try to push this off, to say the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren’t doing our jobs, is just absolutely false.”

Likewise, Democratic Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia told CNN Vice President Mike Pence’s claims that all states had enough tests were “just delusional.”

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