Feb 26, 2020
"The infection seems to have gone down over the last two days," Trump says at a White House news conference. "We're going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time."
Feb 27, 2020
"It's going to disappear", Trump says in a White House briefing. "One day it's like a miracle, it will disappear".
March 5, 2020
Gallup just gave us the highest rating ever for the way we are handling the CoronaVirus situation. The April 2009-10 Swine Flu, where nearly 13,000 people died in the U.S. was poorly handled. Ask MSNBC who the president was then?
March 6
Trump visits the CDC Labs and calls the pandemic "an unforeseen problem". "What a problem," hes says. "Came out of nowhere". The stock market begins to plunge in earnest, with the Dow shedding more than 20% in next two weeks.
March 9
Trump compares the CV to the flu. Saying "37,000 Americans died from the common flu per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases with 22 deaths. Think about that!
March 9
Former Trump homeland security adviser Tom Bossert publishes an op-ed: "It's now or never for the US if it hopes to keep coronavirus from burning out of control".
In an evening news conference, WH officials say the United States will have tested 1 million people that week and thereafter perform 4 million tests per week. "We've been moving progressively to bring that test closer and closer and closer to the patient'" Azqr says. The number turned out to be false by multiple orders of magnitude. Through March 12, the federal Centers for Disease Control had completed 4,000 tests not 4 million.
March 10
"When people need a test, they can get a test", Trump says at a White House briefing. "When the professionals need a test, when they need tests for people , they can get the test. It's gone really well".
March 12
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Congress that the United States does not have sufficient testing. "The system is not really geared to what we need right now", he says. "That is a failing. Let's admit it". But Trump says at a WH briefing "there are a million tests out now" and if you go to the right area, you can get the test".
March 13
Trump declares a national emergency over CV. Trump announces a supposed Google site under development to help people across the country find testing, but it is a sham. "We've been in discussions with pharmacies and retailers to make drive-through tests available in the critical locations", Trump adds, but a month later only a handful had materialized. Later Trump adds"I don't take responsibility for any of this".