



As the novel coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. intensifies, President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about the crisis have been at odds with his own vice president’s — the man he put in charge of the White House response.

After Trump initially downplayed the number of cases in the U.S. and overestimated the availability of testing for the virus, Vice President Mike Pence had to correct the record. And the vice president’s praise of Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee didn’t sit well with the president.


Here are several of the contradictions that occurred within days — if not hours — of each other:

