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Trump says he minimized coronavirus, didn’t want to create panic: Woodward book

September 9, 2020
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President Donald Trump acknowledged in February he knew how deadly and contagious the novel coronavirus was but did not convey that information to the American people because he did not want to create a panic, according to interviews for a new book.

The recorded interviews, obtained by CNN and based on a new book titled “Rage” by journalist Bob Woodward, came out just weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election and as Trump’s efforts to battle COVID-19 have come under intense criticism as being too little too late.

The Republican president, who has been hammered by Democratic opponent Joe Biden over the slow U.S. government response to the coronavirus, played down the virus for months as it took hold and spread quickly across the country.

“I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told Woodward on March 19, days after he declared a national emergency. “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”

In that conversation, Trump also told Woodward that some “startling facts” had just come out about the virus’ targets: “It’s not just old, older. Young people too, plenty of young people.”

The White House on Wednesday denied Trump intentionally misled Americans about the virus, which has killed more than 190,000 people in the United States so far, with new cases spiking in the Midwest.

“The president never downplayed the virus,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at a news briefing shortly after reports about the book emerged.

“The president expressed calm,” McEnany said. “He was taking early action.”

According to the interviews, CNN and The Washington Post reported, Trump knew the virus was especially deadly in early February.

“It goes through the air,” Trump said in a recording of a Feb. 7 interview with Woodward. “That’s always tougher than the touch. You don’t have to touch things. Right? But the air, you just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed.❐

Reuters

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