Trump misleadingly cited recent increases in reported European coronavirus cases to suggest the US is doing better than European countries whose case levels are far lower. He falsely claimed former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden committed "treason." He made a baseless blanket declaration that college football players would not have serious problems with the coronavirus because they are very fit. He falsely suggested New York City has recently fired a large number of police officers. And he wrongly suggested that he has signed an executive order that prevents evictions. The situation in Europe Trump spoke about how the number of new coronavirus cases is rising in many European countries, while it is falling in the US. "Last week France and Germany both recorded their highest daily number of new cases in three months," he said. "The seven-day case average for Germany has increased by 62% since last week, unfortunately. And that is truly unfortunate. It's increased 82% in France." The President continued by citing increases in Spain, the United Kingdom and other European countries. Facts First: While it is true that the number of daily reported new cases in the US is declining and the number of cases in many European countries is rising, Trump was misleading by omission: didn't mention that the European countries still have far fewer cases than the US even after their recent increases and even adjusting for population. In Germany, for example, the recent spike brought its seven-day average up to 859 new cases as of August 10, according to the New York Times' tracking. On August 3, Germany's average was 720 new cases. That's a 19% increase, not a 62% increase. (Trump wasn't clear about when exactly he was starting and stopping his calculation; it's possible to get an increase as big as the one he cited by starting the clock in July.) The increase is certainly of concern. Yet the US seven-day average as of August 10 was 53,750, per Times data. Even taking population differences into account -- the US has about 330 million people, Germany about 83 million -- the US is doing far worse than Germany even after its decline from the August 3 average of 60,209. In France, similarly, the seven-day average as of August 10 was 1,528. A week prior, it was 1,174. That is about a 30% increase -- not the 82% Trump cited, but substantial. (Again, it's possible to get an increase as big as Trump's by starting the clock in July.) Still, even adjusting for population -- France has about 67 million people -- the US is not faring nearly as well. NYPD officers The President falsely said that New York City fired police officers without justification. "Mayor Bill de Blasio should immediately hire back all of the police who were fired without justification. They were fired. I guess that's part of defund the police by the Democrats. They should hire New York city's finest back," Trump said. Facts First: New York City police officers were not systematically fired from their jobs.