Donald Trump on the Seriousness of the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Donald Trump on the Seriousness of the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Jan - April 2020

- Jan 22, 2020
CNBC, Jan 22, 2020
CNBC Transcript: President Donald Trump Sits Down With CNBC’s Joe Kernen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
- Jan 22, 2020
CNBC, Jan 22, 2020
CNBC Transcript: President Donald Trump Sits Down With CNBC’s Joe Kernen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
- Jan 24, 2020
China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2020
- Jan 27, 2020
We are in very close communication with China concerning the virus. Very few cases reported in USA, but strongly on watch. We have offered China and President Xi any help that is necessary. Our experts are extraordinary!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2020
- Jan 30, 2020
Fox News (via Real Clear Politics), Jan 31, 2020
Trump: Elizabeth Warren Is Not Going To Be The Nominee, 'Too Many Yarns'
- Jan 30, 2020
White House, Jan 30, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at a USMCA Celebration with American Workers | Warren, MI
“We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. And those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for it. So that I can assure you.”
- Jan 30, 2020
White House, Jan 30, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at a USMCA Celebration with American Workers | Warren, MI
- Jan 30, 2020
Working closely with China and others on Coronavirus outbreak. Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2020
- Jan 30, 2020
Rev, Jan 30, 2020
Donal Trump Iowa Rally Transcript: Trump Holds Rally in Des Moines, Iowa
- Feb 2, 2020
Fox News, Feb 3, 2020
Coronavirus: President Trump said US authorities 'shut it down.' Here's what that means
- Feb 4, 2020
Associated Press (via U.S. News), Feb 5, 2020
Text of President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address
“I had a long talk with [China‘s] President Xi… He feels very confident. And he feels that, again, as I mentioned, by April or during the month of April, the heat, generally speaking, kills this kind of virus. So that would be a good thing. But we’re in great shape in our country. We have 11, and the 11 are getting better. Okay?”
- Feb 10, 2020
Factbase, Feb 10, 2020
Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses Governor's Business Session at The White House - February 10, 2020
- Feb 10, 2020
Factbase, Feb 10, 2020
Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Manchester, New Hampshire - February 10, 2020
“I think China is very, you know, professionally run in the sense that they have everything under control. I really believe they are going to have it under control fairly soon. You know in April, supposedly, it dies with the hotter weather. And that’s a beautiful date to look forward to. But China I can tell you is working very hard. We’re working with them.
“You know, we just sent some of our best people over there, World Health Organization, and a lot of them are composed of our people. They’re fantastic. And they’re now in China, and we’re helping them out. We’re in very good shape. We have 11 cases and most of them are getting better very rapidly. I think they’ll all be better… I think the virus is going to be — it’s going to be fine.”
- Feb 10, 2020
Factbase, Feb 10, 2020
Interview: Trish Regan of Fox Business Interviews Donald Trump in Manchester, NH - February 10, 2020
“Again, the April date is very important. But you know this is a big thing. The April date is very, very important because if that’s the case, if heat does, in fact, kill that’s when it starts getting hot and this virus reacts very poorly to heat and dies. So we’ll see what happens.”
- Feb 13, 2020
Factbase, Feb 13, 2020
Interview: Geraldo Rivera Interviews Donald Trump on Geraldo in Cleveland - February 13, 20202
“There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner, so that’ll be a great thing in China and other places.“
- Feb 14, 2020
White House, Feb 14, 2020
Remarks by President Trump to National Border Patrol Council Members
- Feb 19, 2020
Factbase, Feb 19, 2020
Interview: Kari Lake of Fox 10 Phoenix Interviews Donald Trump - February 19, 2020
- Feb 23, 2020
White House, Feb 23, 2020
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
- Feb 24, 2020
The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2020
- Feb 25, 2020
White House, Feb 26, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at a Business Roundtable | New Delhi, India
- Feb 25, 2020
White House, Feb 25, 2020
Remarks by President Trump in Press Conference
- Feb 26, 2020
Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape! @CDCgov…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2020
“We’re very, very ready for this, for anything…
“And the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero…
“We’re going very substantially down, not up…
“This will end. This will end. You look at flu season…
Now, you treat this like a flu… And we’ll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner…
“This one is different [than Ebola]. Much different. This is a flu. This is like a flu.“
- Feb 26, 2020
White House, Feb 27, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Conference
“It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear… But 15 people is almost, I would say, a miracle.”
- Feb 27, 2020
White House, Feb 28, 2020
Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with African American Leaders
- Feb 27, 2020
White House, Feb 27, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Conference
- Feb 27, 2020
Congratulations and thank you to our great Vice President & all of the many professionals doing such a fine job at CDC & all other agencies on the Coronavirus situation. Only a very small number in U.S., & China numbers look to be going down. All countries working well together!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2020
“One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax… And this is their new hoax.“
- Feb 28, 2020
The Hill, Feb 28, 2020
Trump hits Democrats over coronavirus criticism: 'This is their new hoax'
- Feb 29, 2020
White House, Feb 29, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Conference
- Feb 29, 2020
White House, March 1, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference | National Harbor, MD
- March 2, 2020
White House, March 2, 2020
Remarks by President Trump and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Meeting with Pharmaceutical Companies
- March 4, 2020
White House, March 4, 2020
Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at a Coronavirus Briefing with Airline CEOs
- March 4, 2020
Fox News (via Washington Post), March 5, 2020
Trump’s habit of fudging inconvenient numbers enters dangerous territory
- March 5, 2020
With approximately 100,000 CoronaVirus cases worldwide, and 3,280 deaths, the United States, because of quick action on closing our borders, has, as of now, only 129 cases (40 Americans brought in) and 11 deaths. We are working very hard to keep these numbers as low as possible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020
“Not [protecting myself] at all. No, not at all. Not at all… the fact is I feel very secure. I feel very secure…
“No, I haven’t [considered not having campaign rallies]… It doesn’t bother me at all and it doesn’t bother [my rally crowds] at all…
“Anybody that wants a test can get a test. That’s what the bottom line is… Anybody right now and yesterday — anybody that needs a test gets a test. We — they’re there. They have the tests. And the tests are beautiful.… and the tests are all perfect… And this is, by the way, the highest level test…
“I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done that instead of running for President.”
- March 6, 2020
White House, March 7, 2020
Remarks by President Trump After Tour of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Atlanta, GA
- March 6, 2020
Newsweek, March 6, 2020
Trump Says Those On Grand Princess Cruise Ship Should Stay On Boat So U.S. Coronavirus Numbers Don't Go Up
- March 7, 2020
White House, March 7, 2020
Remarks by President Trump and President Bolsonaro of Brazil Before Working Dinner | West Palm Beach, FL
- March 8, 2020
We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus. We moved VERY early to close borders to certain areas, which was a Godsend. V.P. is doing a great job. The Fake News Media is doing everything possible to make us look bad. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020
- March 9, 2020
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
- March 9, 2020
The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, “The risk is low to the average American.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
- March 10, 2020
White House, March 10, 2020
Remarks by President Trump After Meeting with Republican Senators
- April 10, 2020
The Invisible Enemy will soon be in full retreat!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2020
#DonaldTrump 2/24/20: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA." » #Trump 2/29/20: "Body bags all over in hallways. I have been watching them bringing in trailer trucks…because they can’t handle the bodies." Click To Tweet
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Feb - Oct 2020

Feb 7, 2020 -
Washington Post, Sept 9, 2020
Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans
March 6, 2020 -
White House, March 6, 2020
Remarks by President Trump at Signing of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
March 6, 2020 -
White House, March 7, 2020
Remarks by President Trump After Tour of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Atlanta, GA
March 9, 2020 -
White House, March 9, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
March 11, 2020 -
White House, March 11, 2020
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March 13, 2020 -
White House, March 13, 2020
Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak
March 13, 2020 -
CNN, March 13, 2020
Q: Dr. Fauci said earlier this week that the lag in testing was, in fact, a failing. Do you take responsibility for that? President Trump: “I don't take responsibility at all … It wasn't meant for this kind of an event” https://t.co/saigTlZ9Rd pic.twitter.com/qayoALD9dd — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 13, 2020
Trump declares national emergency -- and denies responsibility for coronavirus testing failures
March 14, 2020 -
White House, March 14, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
March 17, 2020 -
New York Times, March 17, 2020
Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic
March 18, 2020 -
Politico, March 18, 2020
Trump labels himself ‘a wartime president’ combating coronavirus
“I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”
March 19, 2020 -
Washington Post, Sept 9, 2020
Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans
March 22, 2020 -
I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the “borders” from China – against the wishes of almost all. Many lives were saved. The Fake News new narrative is disgraceful & false!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2020
March 25, 2020 -
White House, March 25, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
“I’ve been watching that for the last week on television, body bags all over in hallways. I have been watching them bringing in trailer trucks, freezer trucks because they can’t handle the bodies. There are so many of them. This is in essentially my community in Queens, New York. I have seen things that I have never seen before.”
March 29, 2020 -
New York Times, March 29, 2020
Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April
“I want every American to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead… this is going to be a very painful — a very, very painful two weeks. When you look and see, at night, the kind of death that’s been caused by this invisible enemy, it’s incredible…
“As we send planeloads of masks and gloves and supplies to the communities battling the plague — and that’s what it is, this is a plague — we also send our prayers…
“To see the scenes of trailers out there and what they’re doing with those trailers — they’re freezers — and nobody can even believe it…
“And I watched the doctors and the nurses walking into that hospital this morning. It’s like military people going into battle, going into war… things are happening that we’ve never seen before in this country…
“2.2 million people would have died if we did nothing, if we just carried on our life… You would have seen people dying on airplanes. You would have been seeing people dying in hotel lobbies. You would’ve seen death all over… on the higher side, the number would be 2.2 and maybe even more, and on the lower side, 1.6 million people…
“I’ve had many friends, business people, people with great, actually, common sense — they said, ‘Why don’t we ride it out?’ A lot of people have said… ‘Don’t do anything, just ride it out and think of it as the flu.’ But it’s not the flu. It’s vicious.
“When you send a friend to the hospital, and you call up to find out how is he doing — it happened to me, where he goes to the hospital, he says goodbye. He’s sort of a tough guy. A little older, a little heavier than he’d like to be, frankly. And you call up the next day: ‘How’s he doing?’ And he’s in a coma? This is not the flu…
“I’ve heard some of the paramedics and some of the doctors, they said they were — they’ve been in war zones, they’ve been in — they’ve never seen anything like this… It is a war zone, in a true sense…
“When this gets the wrong person… it is ravaging. It is horrible.”
March 31, 2020 -
White House, April 1, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
April 2, 2020 -
White House, April 3, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
April 7, 2020 -
White House, April 7, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing | April 7, 2020
“And some people — I looked at New York this morning, and I look at what’s happening and the amount of people that are dying and dying — violently dying. It’s a very tough adversary.”
April 10, 2020 -
White House, April 10, 2020
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
“This thing is a killer if it gets you. If you’re the wrong… So this rips you apart… It is the plague…
“Bob, it’s so easily transmissible, you wouldn’t even believe it. I mean, you could, you could be in the room — I was in the White House a couple of days ago, meeting with 10 people in the Oval Office and a guy sneezed, innocently. Not a horrible — You know, just a sneeze, the entire room bailed out, OK? Including me, by the way.”
April 13, 2020 -
Bob Woodward (via CNN), Sept 15, 2020
April 13: Trump defends sharing "time to fire Fauci" tweet April 13: Trump tells Woodward virus “is a killer… It is the plague” April 13: “It’s so easily transmissible, you wouldn’t even believe it…In the Oval Office a guy sneezed. The entire room bailed out, including me” pic.twitter.com/P1El74A2iX — Peter Wade (@brooklynmutt) September 15, 2020
This coronavirus timeline is incredibly damning for Donald Trump
May 6, 2020 -
Fox News, May 6, 2020
Trump says coronavirus crisis is ‘worse’ than Pearl Harbor, 9/11 attacks
“So, can you assure anybody of anything? I do say, again: Young people are almost immune to this disease… young people are almost immune. If you look at the percentage, it’s a tiny percent of 1 percent. It’s a tiny percent of 1 percent. So we have to have our schools open.
July 30, 2020 -
White House, July 30, 2020
Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | July 30, 2020
Sept 15, 2020 -
The Hill, Sept 15, 2020
"What has been the most difficult part of your presidency?" an uncommitted voter asks in special @ABC2020 town hall. Pres. Trump says COVID-19: "It's been very difficult, it's been so sad." https://t.co/Uq4PYZysK5 pic.twitter.com/YnKYuFo3QU — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 16, 2020
Trump says he doesn't think he could've done more to stop virus spread
Oct 19, 2020 -
The Hill, Oct 19, 2020
Trump labels Fauci a 'disaster' on campaign call
#DonaldTrump 2/27/20: "It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear." » #Trump 3/6/20: "I just think this is something…you can never really think is going to happen…And all I say is, ‘Be calm.’" Click To Tweet