//Trump’s closing message is lying about the coronavirus at rallies that spread infection

Trump’s closing message is lying about the coronavirus at rallies that spread infection

Trump speaks in New Hampshire on Saturday. | Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Even as cases hit new highs, Trump keeps lying that the pandemic will soon “be over.”

With the pandemic getting worse, not better, President Donald Trump tried to turn reality on its head during a series of rallies on Saturday in North Carolina, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

“We’re rounding the turn. Our numbers are incredible,” Trump claimed in Lumberton, North Carolina, before blasting the media for its alleged fear-mongering.

But the US is not rounding a turn for the better. Friday and Saturday saw new daily coronavirus infections in the US surge past 80,000 for the first time ever. And it’s not just cases — hospitalizations are up more than 33 percent over the last month, and the seven-day average of deaths is now back above 800.

“That’s all I hear about now.