Audio from a mid-March interview, released last week, shows Trump saying of the coronavirus: 'I wanted to always play it down ... I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic.'
Trump, speaking at an ABC News town hall event with voters in Philadelphia, said his moves early on in the Covid-19 crisis saved lives and demonstrated "action, not with the mouth but in actual fact."came less than a week after the release of audio from an interview with veteran journalist Bob Woodward
Trump's advisors, Woodward reported in his new book "Rage," had warned him in late January that the coronavirus "will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency." The student appeared to reference the president's recorded comments with Woodward as she began a follow-up question: "Did you not admit to it yourself, saying that you..."
ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who hosted the town hall, said, "There were holes in the ban, and the European ban didn't come for another month."
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