The Morning Joe co-host said the commander-in-chief did not need to “lie about how we’re doing at war” as he noted there was “really good news” on coronavirus test manufacturing during his Tuesday show.

But he also likened President Trump’s boasts about testing in the United States to telling the public everything was “going perfect” after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941.

“The under-testing is actually still making this country fly blind,” Scarborough said. “There is some good news. Abbott Labs, other people rushing tests out.

“We celebrate that and we want that to continue. But the president doesn’t need to lie about this because when he does lie about testing being perfect, and continues to lie about it, well that gives people a false sense of security in the middle of what he has called a war.”

He went on to suggest that it was comparable to giving the public a false sense of security in the battle against the Axis powers during World War II.

The MSNBC host said: “That’s like saying ‘oh, the Nazis, they’re not a threat, we’re doing great,’ or ’the Japanese, yeah they bombed Pearl Harbor but everything’s going perfect.’

“No, we have to continue to prepare Americans and let them know where we’re failing, and the United States government is still failing in testing. It’s ramping up, and that’s really good news. But the president doesn’t need to lie about how we’re doing at war.”

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment and will update this article with any response.

Joe Scarborough made his remarks two days after President Trump told a White House press briefing on the COVID-19 outbreak that the U.S. was doing “far more testing” than other countries.

At the time, the U.S. had tested fewer people per capita than Italy, which has recorded more than 11,500 coronavirus deaths and 14,620 cases of total recovery.

Trump announced on Monday that one million people across America had been tested for novel coronavirus.

“Today we reached a historic milestone in our war against the coronavirus,” the president said. “Over one million Americans have now been tested, more than any other country by far, not even close and tested accurately.”

According to the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker, a total of 164,610 cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in the United States. There have been 3,170 deaths related to the disease in America and 5,945 cases of total recovery.