U.S. President Donald trump offered his “deepest sympathies” to the people of Lebanon following a deadly explosion in the capital Beirut, before boasting about his administration's ongoing response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The president renewed his claims that the U.S. has tested more than any other country and that the U.S. has a lower mortality rate than elsewhere in the world, echoing claims he made in an interview with Axios' Jonathan Swan that aired on HBO.

Trump also responded to questions about why he is encouraging Floridians to vote by mail, despite earlier statements discouraging mail-in voting.

He said Florida had been developing a system for mail-in voting for years and had created a “very good system.”

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