evidence: Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Trump has questioned the effectiveness of masks, touted unproven treatments and criticized his own health experts. Here is the timeline of the president’s comments on COVID-19. [...] Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump for his administration’s response to the new coronavirus, making claims about cuts to public health programs and the silencing of government experts. But they haven’t always gotten their facts right. [...] Democratic presidential candidates harshly criticized President Donald Trump for using the term "hoax" in connection with the coronavirus outbreak. There’s no question that the president described the disease as the Democrats’ "new hoax" at a political rally on Feb. 28 in South Carolina. But Trump said that when he used the word "hoax," he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself.