WASHINGTON - "This is going to be a very, very painful two weeks," President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a coronavirus task force press briefing from the White House, marking a notable change in tone in his view of the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the United States, inundating hospitals and claiming thousands of lives.There were over 184,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
as of March 31. "This is a plague," Trump said. "You people are just incredible, they really are, they're very brave," Trump said in reference to the efforts of health care workers.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Dr.