As the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 rapidly approached 150,000, President Trump declared Tuesday that much of the United States is ”COVID-free.” Speaking from the White House press room, Trump lamented polls showing his approval rating lagging far behind top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.

President Donald Trump: “So, it sort of is curious. A man works for us, with us, very closely, Dr. Fauci — and Dr. Birx, also highly thought of — and yet they’re highly thought of, but nobody likes me. It can only be my personality. That’s all.”

Trump walked out of Tuesday’s press briefing after a CNN reporter asked him about his retweeting of a video featuring Stella Immanuel, an evangelical Christian doctor who has urged people not to wear masks and embraced the drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 — despite studies showing it offers no benefit and can cause deadly side effects. Immanuel has previously suggested alien DNA was used in pharmaceuticals and that gynecological problems are caused by sexual visitations by demons.