CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Nobody knew what this thing was all about. This has never happened before. 1917, but it was a totally different, it was a flu in that case. Okay? But other than 1917, there’s never been anything like this… This was sent to us by China, one way or the other, and we’re never going to forget it. Believe me, we’re never going to forget it.
And we were beating China at every single point. We were beating them on trade, we were making progress like nobody’s ever made progress.”
-Donald Trump in a July 28, 2020 interview with Jonathan Swan, “AXIOS on HBO: President Trump Exclusive Interview (Full Episode) | HBO,” YouTube.com, Aug. 3, 2020