'If the President of the United States knew that Covid-19 was worse than people thought -- and worse than he was letting on by comparing it to the seasonal flu -- why didn't HE go tell the American public about it?' writes CillizzaCNN
"If Bob Woodward thought what I said was bad then he should have immediately, right after I said it, gone out to the authorities so they can prepare," Trump said at a campaign event official White House press conference on Thursday afternoon. Just to be very clear at what Trump is saying here, let's go through it step-by-step:1.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! There is, without doubt, a worthy debate to be had as to whether Woodward, who technically works for the Post but in practical terms has been writing books for years now, should have immediately gone to the Post after Trump made his statements about downplaying the virus and demanded space on the website to write a big contemporaneous piece about it.
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