“No [‘worries about a pandemic at this point’]. Not at all. We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
- Jan 22, 2020

“I do [‘trust that we’re going to know everything we need to know from China’]. I do. I have a great relationship with President Xi.”
- Jan 22, 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!”
- Jan 24, 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!”
- Jan 27, 2020

“Well, what I’m doing [about the coronavirus] is we’re dealing very closely with China. We’ll be making certain announcements over the next 24 hours and 48 hours. And we are in great shape. China is not in great shape right now, unfortunately. But they’re working very hard. We’ll see what happens. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries.”
- Jan 30, 2020

“We’re very much involved with [China], right now, on the virus that’s going around. We’re working very closely. I spoke to President Xi. We’re working very closely with China.”
- Jan 30, 2020

“Now we’re working very strongly with China on the coronavirus… we’re working very closely with them and with a lot of other people and a lot of other countries. And we think we have it very well under control.

“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

“Working closely with China and others on Coronavirus outbreak. Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery.”
- Jan 30, 2020

“In fact, maybe we’ve never had a better relationship [with China] and we’re working with them very closely on the coronavirus. We’re working with them very, very closely. We only have five people. Hopefully everything’s going to be great. They have somewhat of a problem, but hopefully it’s all going to be great. But, we’re working with China just so you know, and other countries very, very closely, so it doesn’t get out of hand, but it’s something that we have to be very, very careful with, right? We have to be very careful.”
- Jan 30, 2020

“We pretty much shut it down coming in from China… we can’t have thousands of people coming in who may have this problem, the coronavirus. So we’re gonna see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes.”
- Feb 2, 2020

“We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat.”
- Feb 4, 2020

“The virus… a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April…

“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

“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. I hope that’s true. But we’re doing great in our country… I think it’s going to all work out fine.”
- Feb 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

“Well, we’re working on it very closely… It’s a problem, we think and we hope, based on all signs that the problem goes away in April because — which is not too far down the road, because heat kills this virus.… We only have, basically, 12 cases and most of those people are recovering and some cases fully recovered. So it’s actually less…

“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

“We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. It’s like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So we’re in very good shape…

“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

“I think the numbers are going to get progressively better as we go along… I think it’s going to work out fine. I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on that and that type of a virus. So let’s see what happens, but I think it’s going to work out fine.”
- Feb 19, 2020

“We’re very, very cognizant of everything going on. We have it very much under control in this country… We have it very much under control… We had 12, at one point. And now they’ve gotten very much better.”
- Feb 23, 2020

“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
- Feb 24, 2020

“Our country is under control… I think it’s going to work out fine.”
- Feb 25, 2020

“You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it… They’re all getting better.”
- Feb 25, 2020

“Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus [sic] 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!”
- Feb 26, 2020

“The level that we’ve had in our country is very low… we have a total of 15 people, and they’re in a process of recovering…

“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

“And the 15 will soon be down to 3 or 4 because we take them off the list as they get better and they’re recuperate. Like, if you had the flu, you recuperate…

“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

“This will end. This will end. You look at flu season... It is a little bit different, but in some ways it’s easier and in some ways it’s a little bit tougher. But we have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.”
- 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!”
- Feb 27, 2020

“Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’

“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

“At this moment, we have 22 patients in the United States currently that have coronavirus… if you’re healthy, you will probably go through a process and you’ll be fine.“
- Feb 29, 2020

“I’ve gotten to know these professionals. They’re incredible. And everything is under control… They’ve done it, and they’ve done it well. Everything is really under control.“
- Feb 29, 2020

“We’re talking about a much smaller range [of deaths than the flu]. Now, hopefully, it stays at a much smaller range.”
- March 2, 2020

“We have a very, very small percentage… a very small number of people [infected] in this country.“
- March 4, 2020

“Well, I think the 3.4 percent [mortality rate] is really a false number. Now, and this is just my hunch… it’s very mild.… So if, you know, we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, by sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work, but they get better… They don’t report to doctors or the hospital in many cases. So I think that that number is very high. I think the number — personally, I would say the number is way under 1 percent.“
- March 4, 2020

“The United States…has, as of now, only 129 cases (40 Americans brought in) and 11 deaths.“
- March 5, 2020

“We have 240 cases, 11 deaths… when people have the flu, you have an average of 36,000 people dying… So I start to say, ‘I wonder what’s going on here.’ Now, you look at the percentage: The percentage for the flu is under 1 percent. But this could also be under 1 percent because many of the people that aren’t that sick don’t report…

“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

“I have great people… They would like to have the people come off. I’d rather have the people stay [on the infected cruise ship]… because I like the numbers being where they are. I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault… they’re mostly Americans, so I can live either way with it. I’d rather have them stay on but I fully understand if they’d rather take them off. I gave them the authority to make the decision.”
- March 6, 2020

“No, I’m not concerned at all [that the virus is now in D.C.]. No, I’m not.”
- March 7, 2020

“We have a perfectly coordinated and fine tuned plan at the White House for our attack on CoronaVirus.”
- March 8, 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!”
- 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.‘”
- March 9, 2020

“We’re prepared, and…it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away… But be calm. It’s really working out.”
- March 10, 2020

“The Invisible Enemy will soon be in full retreat!”
- April 10, 2020