Coronavirus: Donald Trump said he and First Lady Melania tested positive for COVID-19 (File)
Washington:
After months of downplaying its importance, refusing to wear a mask and organizing large election rallies as the coronavirus spreads across the United States, US President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19.
Here are some of Trump’s most notable and colorful statements about the disease.
January 22:
“We’ve got him totally under control. He’s a person from China. It’s going to be great.”
February 7:
“It’s also deadlier than even your intense flu … It’s a deadly thing,” Trump told Bob Woodward in quotes released only September 9 ahead of the publication of the veteran American journalist’s new book.
February 26:
“It’s the flu. It’s like the flu.”
February 27:
“It will go away. One day it’s like a miracle – it will go away.”
March 6:
“I like this stuff. I really understand. People are surprised that I understand it… Each of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much? “Maybe I have a natural ability. Maybe I should have done it instead of running for president.” (On scientific research for treatments)
March 11:
“The virus will stand no chance against us. No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States.”
March 14:
“I would give him a mark of 10” (on his response to the coronavirus).
The 17th of March:
“I always knew it was a real – it’s a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic … I always considered it very serious.”
March 22:
“I’m a little angry with China, I’ll be honest with you.”
April 3:
“I feel good. I just don’t want to do – sort of sitting in the Oval Office behind that beautiful Resolute desk, the big Resolute desk, I think I’m wearing a mask to greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators., kings, queens, I don’t know, somehow I don’t see it for myself. I don’t. Maybe I’ll change my mind . “
April 24:
“Then I see the disinfectant knocking him out in a minute. A minute. And is there a way to do something like that, inject it inside for almost a cleanse? Because you see that ‘it gets into the lungs and makes a huge number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that out. “
“So, assuming we hit the body with a great light, whether it’s ultraviolet or just a really strong light, and I think you said, it hasn’t been verified but you’re going to test it. And then I said, assuming there is light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way. “
April 30:
“I think the World Health Organization should be ashamed of itself, because it is like the PR agency for China.”
May 19:
“When we have a lot of cases, I don’t consider it a bad thing, I consider it, in a certain respect, a good thing… Because it means our tests are much better. I see it as a badge of honor, really, it’s a badge of honor. “
July 28:
“I happen to believe it. I would take it. As you know, I took it for a period of 14 days. And as you know, I’m here. I think it works at first.” (on hydroxychloroquine)
September 22:
“We must hold accountable the nation that unleashed this scourge on the world, China … the Chinese government and the World Health Organization – which is virtually controlled by China – have falsely stated that it does there was no evidence of human transmission. “
October 2:
“Tonight @FLOTUS and I have tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”
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