I find this narrative especially hilarious in light of the fact that there is a lot of evidence that US has been fudging their numbers. It’s basically a way to deflect blame and responsibility for dropping the ball on the pandemic. First, they claimed that China didn’t report the virus early enough, even though they’ve reported human transmission as early as January, now that it’s been debunked, and China is doing well the new narrative is that they must be lying about it since Western countries aren’t able to get a handle on things.