Thread by @mgolingan1

#TaskForce briefing: @realDonaldTrump "There will be death."

@realDonaldTrump tells media to stop creating fear and panic about #coronavirus and stop spreading fake news

@realDonaldTrump says he spoke to pro sports heads and wants NFL season to begin on time in August/September

@realDonaldTrump says Governors are telling federal govt about need for supplies, and when he sends them needed gear, the Governors tell media he didn't give enough

@realDonaldTrump calls use of Defense Production Act retaliation against companies who dont voluntarily switch to manufacturing medical supplies

@realDonaldTrump says he spoke to India PM @narendramodi about sending hydroxychloroquine shipments to U.S. Touts effectiveness of antimalarial drug in #coronavirus patients

@realDonaldTrump says @StateDept has returned 40k Americans who were stranded abroad

@US_FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn says hydroxychloroquine should be used for compassionate use only prescribed by doctors to patients, so supply doesn't run out for lupus and arthritis patients

Dr. Anthony Fauci says while there may be an increase in deaths, there needs to still be focus on rise in new cases

Fauci says mitigation efforts needs to still be adhered to. Says physical separation is our most important tool to fight the virus

@realDonaldTrump defends some states not imposing stay at home measures, saying some areas are not as bad as New York and California

@realDonaldTrump says he's thinking about 2nd #coronavirus task force to reopen the economy

@realDonaldTrump confirms he hopes sports fans will be able to go back to seeing live events.

@realDonaldTrump says there's no contingency plan for moving date for Republican National Convention in August

@realDonaldTrump says there needs to be more money for small businesses, restaurants, sports leagues, and entertainment in 4th stimulus bill

@realDonaldTrump on 8 states not issuing stay at home orders.

"We have a constitution."

"If I saw something wrong, I would do something."

@realDonaldTrump on Intel Inspector General Atkinson firing:

"I thought he did a terrible job. He took a fake whistleblower report and took it to Congress."

@realDonaldTrump: "Atkinson was a disgrace to IGs."

On Whistleblower: "Someone should sue his ass off."

@realDonaldTrump on reports of sailors worried to reenlist because of firing of USS Theodore Roosevelt Capt.: "I didnt make that decision, that was the Navy Secretary."

Says writing the letter about Coronavirus cases on ship was "terrible."

@realDonaldTrump on @JoeBiden slamming his response to Coronavirus outbreak on Twitter:

"He didn't write that... that was a paid Democrat operative."

@US_FDA Commissioner Hahn speaks on approval for plasma antibodies treatments from recovered patients.

"We are planning to scale that up in the next week."

@realDonaldTrump slams @3M for selling medical equipment to other countries. Dismisses company's statement about President's orders through DPA as act of "piracy."

@realDonaldTrump on doctors prescribing hydroxychloroquine:

"What do you have to lose."

@realDonaldTrump calls OPEC a "Cartel."

Says it is destroying itself with oil price war.

@realDonaldTrump on 701k lost jobs in March labor report:

"The job numbers are what they are... We told people to stay home."

@realDonaldTrump praises frontline doctors, nurses, and first responders: "They are warriors."

Dr. Fauci: America owes medical professionals a "debt of gratitude."

Dr. Fauci on confidence in 30 day mitigation guidance: Everybody should be doing some form of physical distancing.

@realDonaldTrump follows up on Fauci's statement: Mitigation works but we have to open our country.

"At a certain point, some hard decisions will have to be made."

@realDonaldTrump: "There could be ventilator shortages."

"Some places are overestimating their need."

@realDonaldTrump: "Next week will be very deadly."