At an October 24, 2020 rally at Lumberton, North Carolina, Trump complained about COVID-19’s media coverage. He went on to say that the pandemic would no longer be mentioned after the election, and called widespread testing “foolish.”

He’d previously complained about testing, blaming it for the large number in US cases, and said he’d asked his officials to slow testing down.

The same day Trump made the remarks, the US broke a new record for daily reported COVID-19 cases.

Trump reiterated his claims on Twitter.

The New York Times – U.S. Sets Coronavirus Case Record Amid New Surge
Forbes – Trump Resurrects False Testing Claim As Daily Covid Cases Hit New High