Did any medical or infectious-disease experts actually advise Trump that the travel ban was a good idea rather than a potential disaster? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/11/coronavirus-live-updates/#link-FSMFIRTYIFHFBLV7ZDLQ4LNFTE …
If the WH were careful writing speeches, I'd have parsed "consulted with" experts (in contrast to "on advice of") as a pretty clear hint that they didn't. But given how careless they are...