Donald Trump: U.S. coronavirus outlook

Donald Trump (R) · President

Topic: U.S. coronavirus outlook

THEN · 2020-02-26

“And 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.”

Source: Coronavirus Task Force press conference (White House archive)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

NOW · 2020-03-31

“But this is going to be a very painful -- a very, very painful two weeks.”

Source: Coronavirus Task Force press briefing (White House archive)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

Context: Facts changed rapidly between the two dates as U.S. cases grew. Transcript uses a dash where shown as --.