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'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book
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| Last Edited | RP Sep 09, 2020 11:44am |
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| Author | Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 9, 2020 04:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Rage."
"This is deadly stuff," Trump told Woodward on February 7.
In a series of interviews with Woodward, Trump revealed that he had a surprising level of detail about the threat of the virus earlier than previously known. "Pretty amazing," Trump told Woodward, adding that the coronavirus was maybe five times "more deadly" than the flu.
Trump's admissions are in stark contrast to his frequent public comments at the time insisting that the virus was "going to disappear" and "all work out fine." |
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