Trump inaccurately claims the Obama administration is to blame for slowing down diagnostics testing

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• President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the Obama administration was responsible for slowing diagnostics testing, CNN reported. 
• However, an aide for a Republican senator said Trump's claim is inaccurate.
• The Trump administration however, has cut funding for several agencies responsible for battling the current coronavirus outbreak. 
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President Donald Trump claimed the Obama administration was responsible for slowing down diagnostics testing in a meeting on the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, CNN reported. 

"The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we're doing," Trump said during the meeting, according to CNN. 

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