"It's Very Well Under Control ... It Will Go Away in April ... There's A Chance It Won't Spread ... It's Going To Disappear ... You Have To Be Calm. It Will Go Away ... It's Like A Miracle ... I Said It's Going Away And It Will Go Away ... It Did Go — It Will Go Away ... By A Little Short of June, It Will Go Away ... It's Dying Out ... I Think What Happens Is It's Going To Go Away ... We Want It To Go Away ... At Some Point It's Going To Sort of Just Disappear ... I'll Be Right Eventually"

Mr. Trump has at times appeared to inhabit a different universe ... [He] is mostly just frustrated by the reality that it has not disappeared as he has predicted. ... Some of Mr. Trump's closest advisers are adamant that the best way forward is to downplay the dangers of the disease.

New York Times, July 19, 2020

February 10, 2020:

Now, the virus that we're talking about ... Typically, that will go away in April.

February 25, 2020:

[China is] getting it more and more under control. So I think that's a problem that's going to go away. ... [The coronavirus] is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are — in all cases, I have not heard anything other. ... We have — we've accomplished a lot.

February 26, 2020:

Again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. That's a pretty good job we've done. ... There's a chance that it won't spread ...

February 27, 2020:

It's going to disappear. One day - it's like a miracle - it will disappear. ... It could maybe go away. We'll see what happens. Nobody really knows. The fact is, the greatest experts - I've spoken to them all. Nobody really knows."

March 6, 2020:

You have to be calm. It'll go away.

March 10, 2020:

We're prepared and we're doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.

March 12, 2020:

It's going to go away. It's going to go way. ... [W]ithin two months. ... It's going away. We want it to go away with very, very few deaths.

March 15, 2020:

The virus is "something that we have tremendous control over".

March 16, 2020:

The virus is "not under control for any place in the world".

March 25, 2020:

It's hard not to be happy with the job we're doing, that I can tell you.

March 30, 2020:

[B]y a little short of June, maybe June 1, we think the — you know, it's a terrible thing to say, but — we think the deaths will be at a very low number. ... It will go away. You know it — you know it is going away, and it will go away. And we're going to have a great victory. ... I want to have our country be calm and strong, and fight and win, and it will go away.

March 31, 2020:

It's going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month [April]. And, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that.

April 3, 2020:

It is going to go away. It is going away. ... I said it's going away, and it is going away.

April 7, 2020:

It did go — it will go away. ... I'm a cheerleader for this country. I don't want to create havoc and shock and everything else.

April 28, 2020:

I think what happens is it's going to go away. This is going to go away.

May 8, 2020:

This is going to go away without a vaccine. It's going to go away, and it's — we're not going to see it again, hopefully ... At some point, it will probably go away by itself.

May 15, 2020:

[I]t'll go away — at some point, it'll go away. It may flare up, and it may not flare up. We'll have to see what happens. ... Other things have never had a vaccine and they go away.

June 17, 2020:

If you look ... It's dying out. [Cases are declining in only 2 of 50 states.] ... [I]t's fading away. It's going to fade away.

June 23, 2020:

It's going away. [Stated in Phoenix, Arizona, which saw an increase of 149.2% in new cases from the previous week]

July 1, 2020:

I think we're gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think at some point that's going to sort of just disappear, I hope.

July 19, 2020:

I'll be right eventually. ... I'll say it again, it's going to disappear.