transcript of donald trump press conference today

#Transcript of donald trump press conference today full#

At the very start of the outbreak, we instituted sweeping travel restrictions on China and put in place the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. Our team is the best anywhere in the world. It only matters how you respond, and we are responding with great speed and professionalism. This is the way it always was and always will be. I am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens, and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus.įrom the beginning of time, nations and people have faced unforeseen challenges, including large-scale and very dangerous health threats. This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history.

#Transcript of donald trump press conference today full#

We have been in frequent contact with our allies, and we are marshaling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the American people. Today, the World Health Organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. My fellow Americans: Tonight, I want to speak with you about our nation’s unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world. Read The TranscriptĪs prepared for delivery by the White House, March 11, 2020 Trump says “we are marshaling the full power” of the government and private sector to protect the American people. will monitor the situation to determine if travel can be reopened earlier. Trump says the restrictions won't apply to the United Kingdom and the U.S. clusters were “seeded” by European travelers. Trump made the announcement Wednesday in an Oval Office address to the nation, blaming the European Union for not acting quickly enough to address the novel coronavirus and saying U.S.

and Europe for 30 days beginning Friday as he seeks to combat a viral pandemic.

President Donald Trump says he is suspending all travel between the U.S.