Donald Trump actually said...

"The states can do things if they want. I can override it if I want. I have great authority if I want to use it. I would rather have the states use it."

"I have great authority if I want to use it."

"Well, I learned when I started - when I learned about the gravity of it was sometime just prior to closing the country to China."

"If you're talking about the virus, no, that's not under control for any place in the world."