U.S. intelligence agencies warned of the threat posed by the coronavirus. Trump took no action, nor did he instruct anyone in his administration to take remedial action.

CDC announced it would “screen” individuals arriving in America from Wuhan, China. The President was thus on notice that a serious medical crisis was developing.

The first confirmed case of the COVID virus was found in Washington in a traveler who had recently returned from a visit to China. The same day the first case was confirmed in South Korea.

White House aides urged Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, to take the threat of the COVID virus more seriously as should the President.

Trump’s economic adviser Peter Navarro sent a memo to Trump’s administration officials that stated “The lack of immune protection or an existing cure or vaccine would leave Americans defenseless in the case of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil,” Mr. Navarro’s memo said. “This lack of protection elevates the risk of the coronavirus evolving into a full-blown pandemic, imperiling the lives of millions of Americans.” During this time, Trump was playing down the risks to the United States. Mr. Navarro emphasized the “risk of a worst-case pandemic scenario should not be overlooked” and that more than half-million Americans could die.

Secretary Azar warned Trump a second time about the threat posed by the COVID virus.

HHS Secretary Azar declared the coronavirus a “public health emergency.

Trump told Bob Woodward, “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed.”  “And so that’s a very tricky one.  That’s a very delicate one.  It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flus.”  “This is deadly stuff.”  At that time, Trump was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than a seasonal flu, and it would soon disappear.

National Security Council prepared a memo that the COVID virus required “targeted quarantine and isolation measures.” The President took no action on the memo.

Trump said “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the US. 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!”

White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said in an interview on CNBC that the U.S. had coronavirus “contained” and it was “pretty close to airtight.” Kudlow added the coronavirus was a “human tragedy,” but “I don’t think it’s going to be an economic tragedy at all.” He added that investors should “very seriously” look at purchasing stocks after they decline in value. What happened that day:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost 900 points, marking a total loss of about 2,267 through four days.

Vice President Mike Pence named to head a White House task force to deal with the COVID virus as Trump downplays the crisis by misinforming the nation his administration is “really prepared” to deal with the public health emergency.

Trump said “It’s going to disappear. One day – it’s like a miracle – it will disappear.” (Trump obviously misinformed the public because he was concerned about the stock market.

Trump falsely stated that the U.S. was leading the world in testing for the virus even though the nation had only conducted a few thousand tests by end of day on February 28.

Trump deflected by falsely blaming the Obama administration for mishandling of the “swine flu.”

Trump said “[W]e have a very small number of people in this country [infected]. We have a big country. The biggest impact we had was when we took the 40-plus people [from a cruise ship]….. We brought them back. We immediately quarantined them. But you add that to the numbers. But if you don’t add that to the numbers, we’re talking about very small numbers in the United States.”

Trump stated “The Fake news Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power… to inflame the CoronaVirus situation.”

Trump said “And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.”

Trump banned travel from European countries, except for Ireland and United Kingdom, into the U.S. Thousands of people returning from these countries were crammed into small spaces in the 13 designated airports as they awaited a limited screening process. Public health experts feared many carried the virus and were spreading it among non-infected passengers. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused the Trump administration of creating a serious risk of illness and death. Some passengers said there was no screening at all.

Trump deliberately misinformed the nation that it was “totally unnecessary” to test people not showing symptoms of the virus infection.

Trump said “This is a very contagious virus. It’s incredible. But it’s something that we have tremendous control over.”

Trump said “I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning, including my very early decision to close the ‘borders’ from China – against the wishes of almost all.”

Trump stated “We took the best economy we’ve ever had and we said ‘Stop. You can’t work. You have to stay home.’… Here’s a case we’re paying a lot of money to stop things because we don’t want people to be together so that this virus doesn’t continue onward.”

Trump said “I’d love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter.”

Trump stated that people should wear a non-medical cloth mask when going into the public arena. Although he added, he wouldn’t wear one.

Trump told Woodward, “This thing is a killer if it gets you. If you’re the wrong person, you don’t have a chance. It is the plague.”