Trump says they are marshaling every resource in the fight against "the Chinese virus." He calls for people to follow guidelines on social distancing, travel and hand-washing.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump on protecting veterans: "We're working on certain hospitals where we may be doing some work, in Louisiana in particular, and some other states — veterans hospitals."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Superb: Trump repeats his usual lie about having gotten the Veterans Choice program passed after others failed for "many, many decades."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump on medications approved for other uses and now being tested for the coronavirus: "They're not killing people. We're not going to have that." Doctors warn that there CAN BE serious side effects to these drugs; they haven't been proven safe and effective here; be careful.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump says our "great victory" will "happen much sooner than originally expected." He's speaking this way as other countries, like Canada, warn of a long and difficult period of distancing and other challenges.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump: We will be "totally victorious," and then "get our economy up to a level that it was, and in my opinion, beyond," and then "a lot of great things will happen." He tells Americans: "You're very special people."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump is emphasizing the danger to the cruise industry without being asked specifically about it. "We can't let the cruise lines go out of business. I mean, that would be massive numbers of jobs for our country…it's a massive business…it doesn't take much to keep them going."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump concludes his non-answer on whether he'll commit not to take bailout money for his own businessess: "I've learned: let's just see what happens."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump calls the evidence for chloroquine's effectiveness here "very strong evidence." Fauci says it's "anecdotal." (Trump notes trials are starting in New York.)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump is now talking about how he was once at a charity event in New York and some people booed him but some people cheered him, and the First Lady, who is "very popular," said, "Huh. That's strange. I have never heard anybody booing you."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump: says he's lost tons of money because he's president, but "who cares": "I'm glad that this team, and me, are here for this horrible thing."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump repeats his usual lie that he is the one who "started" the battle to end HIV/AIDS in America. (He did not specify this time that Obama failed to start it.)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump repeats his usual lie that he is the one who "started" the battle to end HIV/AIDS in America. (He did not specify this time that Obama failed to start it.)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Noted that his administration supports a lawsuit to eradicate the Affordable Care Act, and asked if he'd reconsider given that people are losing jobs/need health care, Trump says what they're doing is working to "get rid of the bad health care and put in a great health care."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020

Trump repeats his lie that the Republican Party is "fully backing pre-existing conditions." The party has pushed bills to weaken the protections, is now trying to eradicate the entire ACA without putting forward a replacement plan.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2020