Donald Trump - "Very much under control"
Time: Feb, 2020
Place: U.S.
Details: In February 2020, Trump publicly implied that the flu was more dangerous than COVID-19 and asserted that the outbreak in the U.S. was "very much under control" and would soon be over, yet he told Bob Woodward at the time that COVID-19 was "deadly", "more deadly than even your strenuous flu", and "tricky" to handle due to its airborne transmission. In March 2020, Trump privately told Woodward, "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." Trump's comments to Woodward were made public in September 2020.
Related
Near
![Abraham Lincoln-A wish](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Abraham Lincoln](https://historydraft.com/files/e2ca4bad-3a04-46db-afab-aa34f059894a.160.webp)
Abraham Lincoln-A wish
Friday Aug 22, 1862 - U.S.
![Tony Hawk-Skating in The White House](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Tony Hawk](https://historydraft.com/files/6f49de84-9b47-4dd3-bf9f-636c7708ca61.160.webp)
Tony Hawk-Skating in The White House
Jun, 2009 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Dwight D. Eisenhower-Chance for Peace speech](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://historydraft.com/files/c4c92ba6-a0c6-4fc1-afe3-1f5574b7189e.160.webp)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Chance for Peace speech
Thursday Apr 16, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Abraham Lincoln-A President](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Abraham Lincoln](https://historydraft.com/files/e2ca4bad-3a04-46db-afab-aa34f059894a.160.webp)
Abraham Lincoln-A President
Monday Mar 4, 1861 - Washington D.C., U.S.
![Donald Trump-Trump signed an executive order restricting some forms of immigration to the United States](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Donald Trump](https://historydraft.com/files/a89ca764-75c9-4ea2-93ae-d7a292768e09.160.webp)
Donald Trump-Trump signed an executive order restricting some forms of immigration to the United States
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020 - U.S.
February 2020
![Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Desperate measures](/assets/placeholder.png)
![3D medical animation corona virus Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bba5a5fe-4d3d-4c7a-b37d-b574e4455370.160.webp)
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Desperate measures
Saturday Feb 1, 2020 - Huanggang Shi, Hubei, China
![Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-First death outside of China](/assets/placeholder.png)
![3D medical animation corona virus Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bba5a5fe-4d3d-4c7a-b37d-b574e4455370.160.webp)
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-First death outside of China
Saturday Feb 1, 2020 - Philippines
![Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Wenzhou implement partial lock-down](/assets/placeholder.png)
![3D medical animation corona virus Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bba5a5fe-4d3d-4c7a-b37d-b574e4455370.160.webp)
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Wenzhou implement partial lock-down
Sunday Feb 2, 2020 - Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
![Sofia Kenin-Entering the top ten](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Sofia Kenin Image 1](https://historydraft.com/files/8f52bf96-4d03-4ea2-bd6b-d6083d3f8230.160.webp)
Sofia Kenin-Entering the top ten
Monday Feb 3, 2020 - Australia
![Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-WHO declared "massive infodemic"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![3D medical animation corona virus Image](https://historydraft.com/files/bba5a5fe-4d3d-4c7a-b37d-b574e4455370.160.webp)
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-WHO declared "massive infodemic"
Sunday Feb 2, 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland
2020
![Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Stepping back as senior members of the royal family](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mehan Markle Image](https://historydraft.com/files/beedcd36-a2c4-44b6-b15e-020f028920db.160.webp)
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Stepping back as senior members of the royal family
Jan, 2020 - Kensington Palace, London, England
![iOS-AppStore apps by 2020](/assets/placeholder.png)
![IOS Logo Image](https://historydraft.com/files/7c542589-1a34-4d7c-939b-4fa2c666cea2.160.webp)
iOS-AppStore apps by 2020
2020 - U.S.
![Donald Trump-Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Donald Trump](https://historydraft.com/files/a89ca764-75c9-4ea2-93ae-d7a292768e09.160.webp)
Donald Trump-Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Thursday Jan 2, 2020 - Baghdad, Iraq
![Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis](https://historydraft.com/files/2e6aae0e-d2e8-48ce-aee1-e32545be7804.160.webp)
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-Death
Friday Jan 3, 2020 at 01:00:00 AM - Baghdad, Iraq
![Qasem Soleimani-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Qasem Soleimani](https://historydraft.com/files/e0470be4-bd40-41ce-b794-b988d9fa1b31.160.webp)
Qasem Soleimani-Death
Friday Jan 3, 2020 at 01:06:00 AM - Baghdad International Airport, Iraq