President Donald Trump speaks at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey on August 7, 2020. | Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Trump’s surprise news conference held at his private club was packed with false claims about America’s crises.

President Donald Trump called a surprise news conference on Friday night at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, speaking to reporters before a crowd of cheering club members who infused the event with the tone of a miniature campaign rally.

Trump used the occasion to again push false claims that Covid-19 is “disappearing,” contradicted his intelligence agencies’ findings on foreign interference in the election, and made misleading and questionable claims about using executive orders to break Washington gridlock — while also announcing plans to implement a policy that already exists.

Before the event started, Trump was caught talking to his members about the press using