Trump says Spanish Flu of 1918 ended WWII - a conflict that didn't start until two decades later

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Trump says Spanish Flu of 1918 ended WWII - a conflict that didn't start until two decades later
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President also got year pandemic started wrong

press briefing on Monday evening, the president also got the year the pandemic started wrong.Download the new Independent Premium app“It certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people, probably ended the Second World War,” he added.Watch moreThe pandemic lasted until 1920 and did, as Mr Trump alluded to, kill millions of people.

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