At a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, President Donald Trump said he ordered a "slow down" of novel coronavirus testing.<br />According to Business Insider, Trump said the US has so far carried out 25 million tests. He used the racist term 'Kung Flu' to refer to COVID-19.<br />The president said he gave the order to reduce the identification of more COVID-19 cases.<br />When you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. US President Donald J. Trump BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma<br />After Trump's remarks prompted outrage on social media, a White House official later said that the president was joking.