THREAD -- A timeline of Trump's coronavirus statements:
Jan. 22: "It's going to be just fine. We have it totally under control."
Jan. 24: "It will all work out well."
Jan. 30: "We think we have it very well under control."
Jan. 22: "It's going to be just fine. We have it totally under control."
Jan. 24: "It will all work out well."
Jan. 30: "We think we have it very well under control."
Feb. 7: "… as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone."
Feb. 10: "I think the virus is going to be -- it's going to be fine."
Feb. 14: "... we’re in very good shape."
Feb. 10: "I think the virus is going to be -- it's going to be fine."
Feb. 14: "... we’re in very good shape."
Feb. 19: "I think it's going to work out fine."
Feb. 24: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA."
Feb. 25: "You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it ..."
Feb. 24: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA."
Feb. 25: "You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it ..."
Feb. 26: "Because of all we've done, the risk to the American people remains very low."
Feb. 28: "I think it's really going well."
Feb. 28: "It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear."
Feb. 28: "This is their new hoax."
Feb. 28: "I think it's really going well."
Feb. 28: "It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear."
Feb. 28: "This is their new hoax."
March 4: "Some people will have this at a very light level and won't even go to a doctor or hospital, and they'll get better."
March 10: "... it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."
March 11: "I think we're going to get through it very well."
March 10: "... it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."
March 11: "I think we're going to get through it very well."
March 12: "It's going to go away. ... The United States, because of what I did and what the administration did with
China, we have 32 deaths at this point..."
March 15: "This is a very contagious virus. It's incredible. But it's something that we have tremendous control over."
China, we have 32 deaths at this point..."
March 15: "This is a very contagious virus. It's incredible. But it's something that we have tremendous control over."
March 16: "If you're talking about the virus, no, that's not under control for any place in the world."
March 17: "I've always known this is a, this is a real, this is a pandemic … I've felt that it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."
March 17: "I've always known this is a, this is a real, this is a pandemic … I've felt that it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic."