For someone who claims to want to avoid panic, President Donald Trump sure has a deep record of drumming up fear to try to get his way.

Trump continues to defend comments he made to journalist Bob Woodward in March when he admitted to publicly downplaying the threat of the coronavirus because he didnt want to create a panic.

We had to show calm. The last thing we can show is panic or excitement or fear or anything else, Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. Im the leader of the country, I cant be jumping up and down and scaring people, he later said to Fox News Sean Hannity .

Calm, no panic! he tweeted on Thursday after being hit with a barrage of criticism over his admitted refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of the virus, which has killed more than 191,000 people in the U.S.

Though Trump claims as president he cant be jumping up and down and scaring people, heres a look back at his use of just such emotional tactics over the last several years.