that s when coronavirus was ravaging new york state and likely beginning its spread to other parts of the united states here s what he told the american people on that very same day america is continuing to make critical progress in our war against the virus. over the weekend, the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat. hospitalizations are slowing in hot spots like new york, new jersey, michigan and louisiana this is clearly evidence that our aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working. and it wouldn t be long before donald trump would start tweeting against the stay-at-home orders his own government recommended and urging his supporters in states like michigan and virginia to liberate those states however, we now know that he was privately telling bob woodward, who was writing a book, that the coronavirus pandemic was a deadly plague that could rip you apart. the president s lie to the american people including his own supporters is ongoing.