CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s secrecy, deceptions, and cover-up allowed it [coronavirus] to spread all over the world — 189 countries — and China must be held fully accountable.
With respect to remedies, we are now doing unbelievably well, and are in deep testing on vaccines, treatments, and therapeutics. I want to send our thanks to the scientists and researchers around the country and even around the world who are at the forefront of our historic effort to rapidly develop and deliver life-saving treatments and, ultimately, a vaccine.
We are unleashing our nation’s scientific brilliance. And we’ll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Salute to America,” whitehouse.gov, July 5, 2020