Coronavirus, Trump: “I knew about the danger, but I played down it.” The revelation in Bob Woodward’s new book

WASHINGTON – The Watergate Reporter’s New Book Bob woodward contains harsh judgments about Trump by many former security executives. The former head of the Pentagon James Mattis calls him “dangerous” and “inappropriate” for being the commander-in-chief. The former head of National Intelligence Give coat Instead, Woodward writes, “he continues to cultivate the secret belief, albeit not supported by intelligence evidence, that Putin has something about Trump. How else to explain the president’s behavior? Coats cannot see any other explanation.”

The book is embarrassing Donald trump. ‘Rage’ (anger) says the president confided to the legendary journalist, who knew weeks before the first death of Covid 19 in the United States how dangerous the virus was, transmitted through the air, highly contagious and “more fatal than a strong one flu”. In anticipations of the book published by Cnn he also admits that “he always wanted to minimize it so as not to create panic.” Statements that conflict with the frequent comments of the president.

“This is deadly,” Trump told Woodward on February 7 during a series of interviews with the journalist. Trump revealed that he knew the threat level of the virus earlier than was previously known, adding that the coronavirus was perhaps five times more “deadly” than the flu. Trump’s admissions stand in stark contrast to his frequent public comments at the time insisting that the virus would “go away” and that “everything was fine.” In ‘Rage’, Trump says that a president’s job is “to keep our country safe.” But in early February, Trump told Woodward that he knew how deadly the virus was, and in March he admitted that he had withheld that knowledge from the public. “I always wanted to downplay it,” Trump told Woodward on March 19, even though he had declared a national emergency due to the virus days earlier. “And I still prefer to belittle, because I don’t want to panic.”

Biden reacts in no uncertain terms to the revelations in Woodward’s book: “The president of the United States has broken every promise made to American workers by failing to end relocation and by offering lucrative contracts and tax breaks to large corporations that they have taken work abroad. ” . So dem candidate in the White House, Joe biden, from Michigan during a rally.

“He didn’t do his job, on purpose. It was a very serious betrayal of the American people. This is despicable, a breach of his duty. It’s a disgrace. Trump is unfit for his job.” Biden commented.

“Donald Trump did not intentionally mislead Americans about the severity of the coronavirus,” the White House spokesman said. Kayleigh McEnany , responding to the advances of ‘Rage’.

In interviews, he writes the Washington Post In anticipation of the book’s content, Trump speaks at length about his handling of the pandemic and race relations. In addition, the book features excerpts from the letters Trump exchanged with the North Korean leader. Kim Jong-un .