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Trump Takes Undue Credit for Cancer Progress
Source: Factcheck.org
In a tweet, President Donald Trump boasted of the lowest cancer death rate on record, and implied that his administration was responsible for the achievement. While he’s right about the statistic, the improved death rate is the result of decades-long efforts on cancer prevention, detection and treatment.
In fact, the cancer death rate has declined every year since 1991.
n a Jan. 9 tweet, Trump appeared to reference the results of a newly released set of cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society when he bragged about the nation’s cancer mortality rate, adding, “A lot of good news coming out of this Administration.”
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The White House did not reply to our request asking about a source for the president’s comment. But the day before his Twitter message, the flagship journal of the American Cancer Society published its annual update of cancer statistics for the U.S.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/trump-takes-undue-credit-for-cancer-progress/ar-BBYQ5UL?li=BBnb7Kz
Trump also wants to take credit for the sun rising this morning.
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that wanted to evolve before the 80s. Trump learnt from the best 
