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It is in taped interviews last spring with journalist Bob Woodward for his upcoming book “Rage” that Donald Trump recounts how he saw the coronavirus.
– It’s deadlier than a serious flu. This is deadly, he said in an interview recorded on February 7, writes the Washington Post and publishes a recording with Trump.
However, in late February, Trump compared the virus to influenza, writes ABC News.
On another tape recording On March 19 with Woodward as published by the Washington Post, Donald Trump admits that he wanted to minimize the risks of the virus.
– To be honest with you, I always wanted to tone it down. I still like to tone it down, because I don’t want to panic, it says on the recording.
On March 13, Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the virus.
In a comment to Fox News, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday:
– The president said just days after having this discussion with Bob Woodward, from a podium on March 30: ‘I want you to be calm, we are doing a good job. Keep calm. It will disappear but it is important to be calm. ‘ The president has never lied to the American public about the COVID threat. The president expressed calm and his actions express it.
Democrats Presidential candidate Joe Biden, however, accuses Trump of lying to the American people, writes CNN.
– It was much more deadly than the flu. He knew it and deliberately toned it down. He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly disease tore our nation apart, it deliberately failed to do its job, he says.
