Outgoing US President Donald Trump is continuing in his campaign to cast doubt on the validity of election results, this time sharing a video suggesting COVID-19 was invented to tarnish his image.
On Sunday (local time) Trump tweeted a video showcasing a string of bizarre claims about the origin of the coronavirus.
The video, which has now been deleted, opens with the title "How to steal an election" before a voice-over begins.
The narrator goes on to make various claims undermining the severity of the pandemic and suggesting the virus was created to damage Trump's image.
"Start with a virus, import it into America, talk about it nonstop, call some governors, put patients into nursing homes, kill thousands, blame the president, keep blaming, blame some more," the narrator said.
"Lockdown small business [sic], kill the economy, push mail-in voting, stoke a race war, call for violence, pick a candidate, no, not her," the narrator continues as a picture of US representative for Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard appears on the screen.
The video then moves onto footage of President-elect Joe Biden saying, "Yes, that’s more like him [sic]".
The video continues making various claims, including accusations of widespread election fraud and rigging.
Before it was deleted the video amassed more than 370,000 views and 20,000 retweets. Twitter was quick to mark it as "disputed".
Trump has continually contested the results of the US Presidential election, saying there was widespread voter fraud multiple times despite having no evidence to support his claim.
The US has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 with more than 18 million cases and 319,000 deaths.
Earlier in the week, the FDA authorised the Moderna vaccine for emergency use. Biden received his first injected dose of the vaccine live on television on Monday (local time) in an effort to boost confidence in its safety ahead of its wide distribution next year.
