Entry 019Feb 27, 2020
“It's going to disappear. One day — it's like a miracle — it will disappear.”19
19Donald Trump, President of the United States, Meeting with African American leaders, Cabinet Room, White House, February 27, 2020. Source
Why it’s on the record. It did not disappear. The WHO declared a pandemic two weeks later, and the CDC has recorded more than 1.1 million U.S. COVID-19 deaths.
On tape
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On the record
During a Black History Month meeting with African American leaders, Trump talked about the government's coronavirus response and predicted the virus would vanish.
- Said by
- Donald Trump, President of the United States
- Where
- Meeting with African American leaders, Cabinet Room, White House
- When
- Feb 27, 2020
- Source
- Meeting with African American leaders, Cabinet Room, White House, February 27, 2020