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At today’s briefing Trump claimed: “If you remember, I was the one who closed this country down. You don’t write that, or you don’t say it too much, certainly on CNN.”

Fact check: Trump played down the threat and did little beyond restricting travel from China. It was the NBA and other sporting organizations, theatres and theme parks, state governors and city mayors who took the lead on local measures. Many have complained about a lack of federal leadership.