Thread by @HKrassenstein

For everyone who believes China and the World Health Organization are to blame, but not President Trump, then you must read the timeline in this thread. It will show that the one person to blame for this mess is Donald J. Trump. (THREAD)

- January 18, Alex Azar briefs Trump on #Covid19, and the threat that it posed.
- Jan 22, Trump says: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”
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- Jan 27, White House aides meet with Mick Mulvaney, trying to convince Trump to take the coronavirus more seriously.
- Jan 29, Peter Navarro sends memo to WH saying the virus could kill 500,000 Americans.
- Jan 30, Azar tells Trump that the virus may become a pandemic. (THREAD)

- Also Jan 30, Trump says: "We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. We think it’s going to have a very good ending for us… that I can assure you” (THREAD)

- Also Jan 30, The World Health Organization which Trump criticizes for not acting quickly enough and for not being transparent, declares a global health emergency.
- Feb 5, The U.S. Senate warns Trump to take #Covid19 more seriously.
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- Feb 14, The NSC recommends the use of "quarantine and isolation measures."
- Also Feb 14, Trump says "There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner”

- Feb 21, WH coronavirus task force says that the US needs to implement social distancing in order to save lives.
- Feb 23, Peter Navarro sends Trump a memo saying 2 million Americans might die.
- Also Feb 23, Trump says, "“We have it very much under control in this country.”

- Feb 24, Trump says, "“The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
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- Feb 25, Nancy Messonnier of the NCIRD warns that "we need to be preparing for significant disruption in our lives.” Trump flips out, calling her comments unnecessary.
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- Feb 26, Trump says, “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.”
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- Also Feb 26, Trump says, “I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” (THREAD)

- Feb 27, Trump says “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”
- Feb 29, Trump says “Everything is under control. I mean, they’re (the professionals) very cool. They’ve done it, and they’ve done it well. Everything is really under control.”

So if you are going to blame China and the WHO for a lack of transparency, then you must absolutely blame Trump for lying about the virus to the American people, and hiding the outlook in order to try and save his re-election chances.