Donald Trump Admits Downplaying Threat Of Coronavirus As CNN Unveils First Big Bombshell Of Bob Woodward Book
Ted Johnson Donald Trump told Bob Woodward in early February that the coronavirus was dangerous and deadly, but a month and a half later admitted that he minimized its threat because he didn’t want to create a panic, according to excerpts of Woodward’s new book obtained by CNN.“I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said in a March 19 interview with Woodward. “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”CNN ran audio from Trump’s interviews with Woodward, part of the basis for the famed investigative journalist’s new book Rage, set to be published on Sept.