President Trump told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward as early as February that the coronavirus was “deadly stuff” and said he wanted to “play it down”
Trump made no secret of his efforts to purposefully suppress information about the true severity of the virus, admitting to Woodward in March, “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”188,688. That’s how many Americans have died from coronavirus out of nearly 6.
3 million cases, according toWoodward’s book reportedly features a number of damning quotes from Trump’s subordinates, with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis calling the president “dangerous” and “unfit.” Woodward also reports that former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats “continued to harbor the secret belief… that Putin had something on Trump,” though he lacked intelligence to back it up.
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