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Jan. 22
“We have it totally under control,” Trump said in January, adding, “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
Feb. 10
“Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in,” said Trump at a meeting with some of the nation’s governors. “Typically, that will go away in April. ... We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.”
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. I hope that’s true,” he repeated at a campaign rally in New Hampshire that night.
Influenza typically follows that seasonal pattern. But the coronavirus is not the flu, and so far, warmer weather has not seemed to hinder its spread.
Feb. 24
“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA,” Trump said in a tweet. “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!”
The next day the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 1,000 points to close at 27,081. It closed Wednesday, July 1, at 25,734.
The following day, White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on CNBC, “We have contained this, I won’t say airtight but pretty close to airtight.”
Feb. 26
During a briefing on the virus, Trump said the case total would zero out soon, congratulating himself on the administration’s progress.
“Again, 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.”
Feb. 27
“We have done an incredible job,” Trump said at the White House. “We’re going to continue. It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear. And from our shores, we — you know, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows. The fact is, the greatest experts — I’ve spoken to them all. Nobody really knows.”
A week later, touring the Centers for Disease Control, Trump downplayed the need to consult with experts, pronouncing himself an authority on the subject: “People are really surprised I understand this stuff,” he said. “Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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March 30
“It will go away,” Trump said at a coronavirus briefing. “You know it — you know it is going away, and it will go away. And we’re going to have a great victory. … I want to have our country be calm and strong, and fight and win, and it will go away.”
March 31
“It’s going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month. And, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that,” Trump said at the following day’s task force briefing.
April 3
“It is going to go away,” Trump said when asked about his earlier prediction it would go away. “I said it’s going away, and it is going away.”
On that day the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. was around 276,000.
April 28
“Today the U.S. hit a grim milestone of 1 million cases of the coronavirus,” CNN’s Jim Acosta said. “Back in late February, you predicted that the number of cases would go down to zero. How did we get from your prediction of zero to 1 million?”
“Well, it will go down to zero, ultimately,” said Trump, likely correct in the technical sense.
April 29
At a briefing, Trump was asked how he was sure the worst of the pandemic was behind the United States.
"Well I think that like other things, we're going to hopefully we're going to come up with a vaccine, you never know about a vaccine, but tremendous progress has been made,” the president replied. “Johnson & Johnson and Oxford and lots of good things, you've been hearing the same things as I do. Tremendous progress has been made, we think, on a vaccine. You always have to say think and then you have to test it, and that takes a period of time. But uh, a lot of movement and a lot of progress has been made on a vaccine.”
“But I think what happens is it's going to go away,” he continued. “This is going to go away. And whether it comes back in a modified form in the fall, we'll be able to handle it, we'll be able to put out spurts, and we're very prepared to handle it. We've learned a lot, we've learned a lot about it, the invisible enemy."
May 8
“I feel about vaccines like I feel about tests: This is going to go away without a vaccine,” Trump said at the White House. “It’s going to go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time.”
“They say it’s going to go — that doesn’t mean this year — doesn’t mean it’s going to be gone, frankly, by fall or after the fall,” Trump continued. “But eventually it’s going to go away. The question is will we need a vaccine. At some point it’s going to probably go away by itself. If we had a vaccine that would be very helpful.”
June 16
During an executive order signing at the White House, Trump said a vaccine would be helpful but not necessary to see the virus disappear.
“I always say, even without it, it goes away,” Trump said. “But if we had the vaccine — and we will — if we had therapeutic, or cure — one thing sort of blends into the other — it will be a fantastic day. And I think that’s going to happen, and it’s going to happen very soon.”
June 23
“It’s going away,” said Trump at an event in Arizona, which saw a record-high for deaths from the virus in just over a week later.
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Jan. 22
“We have it totally under control,” Trump said in January, adding, “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
Feb. 10
“Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in,” said Trump at a meeting with some of the nation’s governors. “Typically, that will go away in April. ... We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.”
“Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. I hope that’s true,” he repeated at a campaign rally in New Hampshire that night.
Influenza typically follows that seasonal pattern. But the coronavirus is not the flu, and so far, warmer weather has not seemed to hinder its spread.
Feb. 24
“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA,” Trump said in a tweet. “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!”
The next day the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 1,000 points to close at 27,081. It closed Wednesday, July 1, at 25,734.
The following day, White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on CNBC, “We have contained this, I won’t say airtight but pretty close to airtight.”
Feb. 26
During a briefing on the virus, Trump said the case total would zero out soon, congratulating himself on the administration’s progress.
“Again, 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.”
Feb. 27
“We have done an incredible job,” Trump said at the White House. “We’re going to continue. It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear. And from our shores, we — you know, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows. The fact is, the greatest experts — I’ve spoken to them all. Nobody really knows.”
A week later, touring the Centers for Disease Control, Trump downplayed the need to consult with experts, pronouncing himself an authority on the subject: “People are really surprised I understand this stuff,” he said. “Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natural ability.”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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March 30
“It will go away,” Trump said at a coronavirus briefing. “You know it — you know it is going away, and it will go away. And we’re going to have a great victory. … I want to have our country be calm and strong, and fight and win, and it will go away.”
March 31
“It’s going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month. And, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that,” Trump said at the following day’s task force briefing.
April 3
“It is going to go away,” Trump said when asked about his earlier prediction it would go away. “I said it’s going away, and it is going away.”
On that day the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. was around 276,000.
April 28
“Today the U.S. hit a grim milestone of 1 million cases of the coronavirus,” CNN’s Jim Acosta said. “Back in late February, you predicted that the number of cases would go down to zero. How did we get from your prediction of zero to 1 million?”
“Well, it will go down to zero, ultimately,” said Trump, likely correct in the technical sense.
April 29
At a briefing, Trump was asked how he was sure the worst of the pandemic was behind the United States.
"Well I think that like other things, we're going to hopefully we're going to come up with a vaccine, you never know about a vaccine, but tremendous progress has been made,” the president replied. “Johnson & Johnson and Oxford and lots of good things, you've been hearing the same things as I do. Tremendous progress has been made, we think, on a vaccine. You always have to say think and then you have to test it, and that takes a period of time. But uh, a lot of movement and a lot of progress has been made on a vaccine.”
“But I think what happens is it's going to go away,” he continued. “This is going to go away. And whether it comes back in a modified form in the fall, we'll be able to handle it, we'll be able to put out spurts, and we're very prepared to handle it. We've learned a lot, we've learned a lot about it, the invisible enemy."
May 8
“I feel about vaccines like I feel about tests: This is going to go away without a vaccine,” Trump said at the White House. “It’s going to go away, and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time.”
“They say it’s going to go — that doesn’t mean this year — doesn’t mean it’s going to be gone, frankly, by fall or after the fall,” Trump continued. “But eventually it’s going to go away. The question is will we need a vaccine. At some point it’s going to probably go away by itself. If we had a vaccine that would be very helpful.”
June 16
During an executive order signing at the White House, Trump said a vaccine would be helpful but not necessary to see the virus disappear.
“I always say, even without it, it goes away,” Trump said. “But if we had the vaccine — and we will — if we had therapeutic, or cure — one thing sort of blends into the other — it will be a fantastic day. And I think that’s going to happen, and it’s going to happen very soon.”
June 23
“It’s going away,” said Trump at an event in Arizona, which saw a record-high for deaths from the virus in just over a week later.