President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> declares the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a> to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency" id="mwAS4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="State of emergency">national emergency</a> in the United States.<sup about="#mwt186" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"}}' id="cite_ref-36" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_13#cite_note-36" id="mwAS8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATA">[36]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-36">"<a class="external text" href="https://millercenter.org/president/trump/key-events" id="mwCII" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Donald Trump - Key Events | Miller Center</a>". <i id="mwCIM">millercenter.org</i>. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-11.</span>