At Donald Trump's campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, he said that "Kung Flu" is one of the names for COVID-19, the diseased caused by the novel coronavirus.
The President, who has previously referred to the illness as a "Chinese virus" — claiming his language isn't racist if the virus comes from Wuhan, China — made the reference early on in his address.
Of the pandemic, Trump noted that his administration has "saved hundreds and thousands of lives" by closing American businesses early to curb the spread of the virus. "By the way, it's a disease, without question, [that] has more names than any disease in history.