Trump is being criticized for "downplaying" the threat of the virus in January and February. And that he doesn't listen to or contradicts his experts. Here is what his expert, Dr Fauci, said in January:
“It’s a very, very low risk to the United States,” Fauci said during an interview with radio show host John Catsimatidis.
“But it’s something that we as public health officials need to take very seriously... It isn’t something the American public needs to worry about or be frightened about. Because we have ways of preparing and screening of people coming in [from China]. And we have ways of responding - like we did with this one case in Seattle, Washington, who had traveled to China and brought back the infection.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-...-something-the