During an August 10th, 2020 press conference, Trump said that the 1917 Spanish Flu “probably ended the Second World War.”
Trump likely meant the First World War, though was also still wrong about the date, as the Spanish Flu spread in 1918 and not 1917.
On the day of his remark, the United States was expericing record cases of COVID-19, with a total of 5,251,446 confirmed cases and 166,192 deaths.
Business Insider – Trump said the 1918 Spanish Flu ‘probably ended’ WWII, which did not begin until 21 years after the pandemic
USA Today – Trump erroneously says 1918 Spanish Flu ‘probably ended’ WWII, which happened two decades later
Worldometer – Coronavirus, United States
