January 3 – Trump learns about COVID-19 from his intelligence officials.

January 3 – Trump holds rally in Miami

January 4 – Trump plays golf

January 5 – Trump plays golf

January 9 – Trump holds rally in Toledo

January 14 – Trump holds rally in Milwaukee

January 18 – Trump plays golf

January 18 – Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services (Alex Azar) recommends that he take the virus seriously while Trump insists to speak about e-cigarettes.

January 19 – Trump plays golf

January 20 – First case confirmed in the USA

January 22 – When asked “are there worries about pandemic at this point?” Trump answers “No, not at all. And we have it totally under control. It is going to be just fine“

January 23 – Hubei, China goes on lockdown

January 24 – Global cases over 1,000

January 24 – Trump: “It will all work out well,“

January 27 – Mulvaney holds an intervention with Trump to pay more attention.

January 27 – Global deaths over 100

January 27 – Trump holds rally in Wildwood

January 28 – Trump shares an article from One America News Network that suggested Johnson & Johnson was working on a vaccine. The article no longer exists, presumably because it was false.

January 30 – Trump holds rally in Des Moines

January 31 – Trump restricts visitors from China, but allows Americans to return with incomplete screening.

January 31 – Global cases over 10,000

January 31 – Trump: “Only 5 people in U.S., all in good recovery.”

February 1 – Trump plays golf

February 2 – Trump claims: “We pretty much shut it down coming in from China”

February 2 – Trump plays golf

February 5 – Democratic Senators propose emergency funding bill to prepare for virus. Trump administration rejects the proposal.

February 10 – Global deaths over 1,000

February 10 – Trump holds rally in Manchester

February 15 – Trump plays golf

February 19 – Trump again says “I think it’s going to work out fine“.

February 20 – Trump holds rally in Colorado Springs

February 21 – First Italian cities go on lockdown

February 25 – Trump: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. […] Stock Market starting to look very good to me!“

February 25 – Trump: “we are down to 15 cases, will be zero soon“.

February 25 – Trump: “Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus.“

February 27 – Trump: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

February 28 – Trump holds rally in Charleston, says worries about the virus is the new democrat “hoax”.

February 29 – First american citizen dies from Covid-19 virus.

March 2 – Trump holds rally in Charlotte

March 6 – Global cases over 100,000

March 6 – Trump replaces Mulvaney with political ally Mark Meadows

March 7 – Trump refuses to talk to Pelosi, she starts working with Mnuchin to craft virus relief bill.

March 7 – Trump plays golf

March 7 – Trump says “No I’m not concerned at all. We’ve done a great job“.

March 8 – Trump plays golf

March 9 – The whole country of Italy goes on lockdown

March 10 – With 113,000 cases worldwide and over 4000 dead, with 755 confirmed cases in the U.S., Trump says: “and it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away“.

March 13 – Trump finally declares a national emergency.

March 13 – When asked, Trump says “No, I don’t take responsibility at all“.

March 19 – Global deaths over 10,000

March 25 – Trump says hospitals are hoarding supplies and says medical professionals should re-use PPE’s (an act that professionals say will spread the illness and risk their personal exposure).

March 26 – Trump: “You call it a germ, you can call it a flu, you can call it a virus. You know, you can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody even knows what it is…”

March 26 – Trump suggests to look into medical professionals potentially stealing PPE and other essential supply.

March 27 – Trump signs $2 Trillion Covid-19 relief Bill

March 28 – U.S. deaths surpass 1000

March 30 – More than 143,000 people in the US have been infected with Covid-19 and more than 2,400 have died.

April 2 – Globally 935,431 cases and 47,194 deaths reported.

April 2 – United States Coronavirus Cases: 215,020 Deaths: 5,102

April 5 – Federal government starts seizing PPE orders of counties

The USA now has almost double the reported cases of Italy and reporting the highest death count of any country in the world.

This timeline was inspired by this post on reddit by /u/droi86 to provide sources for the claims. If you have other points to add, please leave a comment here on the blog or on this post our reddit sub /r/trackcovid.