The president’s latest remarks contradict more serious assessments made in a series of tape interviews with Bob Woodward of the Washington Post earlier this year for Trump’s latest book on the White House.
“Now, that’s changing, it’s not just older people, Bob. Today and yesterday some shocking facts have come out. He’s not just old, “Trump told Woodward in a March 19 interview. “There are plenty of young people.”
In the same interview – recorded at a time when the White House was still publicly denying the threat of coronavirus to the American people – Trump also admitted that he wanted to “always play” the virus and admitted: “I still have it. Love to play “
The president and White House officials have insisted he was only trying to remain calm in the early days of the epidemic, and Trump said last week in the ABC News Town Hall that he is “co-virus” up-play in terms of action. “
As of Tuesday morning, more than 6.8 million Americans had been infected with Covid-19, and more than 199,000 had died, according to Johns Hopkins University Trekker.
