January 22, CNBC interview
“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.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
1
0
Trump's comments on the Coronavirus
February 10, New Hampshire rally
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
12
0
February 26, White House briefing
“When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That’s a pretty good job we’ve done."
DEATHS:
CASES:
14
0
February 27, White House event
“It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
15
0
March 9, Trump's twitter
“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!”
DEATHS:
CASES:
700
26
March 14, White House briefing
“We’re using the full power of the federal government
to defeat the virus, and that’s what we’ve been doing.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
2,700
58
March 17, White House briefing
“I've always known this is a real — this is a pandemic.
I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
DEATHS:
CASES:
5,600
108
March 23, White House briefing
“America will again, and soon, be open for business — very soon — a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting [...] We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
35,241
473
March 31, White House briefing
“I want every American to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. We’re going to go through a very tough two weeks [...] It's is not the flu. It's vicious.”
DEATHS:
CASES:
177,400
2,398
Case and death sources: CDC; Johns Hopkins; WHO
February 28, South Carolina rally
"Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. You know that, right? Coronavirus. They’re politicizing it."
DEATHS:
CASES:
64
0