Trump on the Coronavirus Crisis
As President Trump attempts to blame President Barack Obama for his own handling of the coronavirus outbreak, its important to document Trumps comments during this public health crisis.
These are not utterances from some of his more rambling news conferences or from his advisers. These are Trumps most direct statements as a global pandemic took hold.
January 22: We have it totally under control. Its one person coming in from China. Its going to be just fine. (CNBC)
February 2: We pretty much shut it down coming in from China. (Fox News)
February 10: A lot of people think that goes away in April with the heatas the heat comes in. (Bloomberg)
February 24: The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA
Stock market starting to look very good to me. (Twitter)
February 26: Its going very substantially down, not up
The 15 within a couple of days, is going to be down to zero. (CNN)
February 27: Its going to disappear one day, its like a miracle. (Twitter)
March 6: 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. (Wired)
March 6: I didnt know people died from the flu. (CNN)
March 6: I like the numbers being where they are. (Washington Post)
March 10: It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away. (Twitter)
March 13: I dont take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations, and specifications from a different time. (New York Times)
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https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/14/trump-on-the-coronavirus-crisis/