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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×has made a lot of , but he outdid himself on Monday.During a roundtable on “Fighting for America’s Seniors,” the president suggested that not testing for the coronavirus could be one way of reducing reported cases.AdvertisementTrump on the number of coronavirus cases, per pool: “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus)It’s . To be clear: Not testing people for COVID-19 would reduce the number of new cases being reported, but would have no effect on reducing the number of people who actually have the disease.Vice President Mike Pence which Trump may have meant as a PR tactic rather than literal scientific evidence. Trump has consistently been concerned about the of rising coronavirus figures.Still, Twitter users had a field day taking the president’s quotes to hilarious extremes.And if we got rid of the bathroom scale, I'd fit into skinny jeans. — Kevin Allman (@KevinAllman)AdvertisementWhen I was struggling in math, I kept telling teachers to stop testing me— Gregory Zuckerman (@GZuckerman)"If I close my eyes right now, it won't be sunny anymore!"— Trumpy Trumpy (parody) (@outofcontroljb)If I stare into an eclipse before you tell me it's one I will be fine— RJ O. (@YeahHeDid)Big “if I don’t check my bank account, the problem doesn’t exist!!!” energy — Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz)Well, yes, in the same way that if you stopped charging people with murder you'd have no murder convictions. — Philip Bump (@pbump)Advertisement“If we got rid of X-rays we’d have very few cavities, if any.” — Michael Green (@andmichaelgreen)Does this work with student loans? — Erica Pishdadian (@ericapishdadian)If we stopped giving children grades in school, everyone would be a genius. — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald)See GallerySuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×has made a lot of , but he outdid himself on Monday.During a roundtable on “Fighting for America’s Seniors,” the president suggested that not testing for the coronavirus could be one way of reducing reported cases.AdvertisementTrump on the number of coronavirus cases, per pool: “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus)It’s . To be clear: Not testing people for COVID-19 would reduce the number of new cases being reported, but would have no effect on...

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