The US president suggests the pandemic, which began in 1918, brought an end to the conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
Donald Trump has said the Spanish flu"probably ended the Second World War" - despite the conflict having started almost two decades later.
The US president incorrectly stated the pandemic began in 1917, one year before the first cases were reported in 1918. Speaking at a White House news conference, Mr Trump suggested the illness had a bearing on the conclusion of the Second World War, which lasted from 1939 until 1945.pandemic, which has seen more than 163,000 people in the US die with the virus.President Trump rushed out of press briefing
Mr Trump said:"The closest thing is in 1917, they say, the great pandemic was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people.
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