Donald Trump actually said...

"We're working very closely with China, and other countries, and we think it's going to have a very good ending for us, so that I can assure you."

"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."