Pres. Trump's dubious comparison mischaracterizes Churchill's blunt frankness about the dire situation with the British people, even as the prime minister encouraged resolve.
Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference, Feb. 1945.The president made another problematic comparison in evoking the British slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” in trying to justify his claim to journalist Bob Woodward that he downplayed the pandemic so as not"create panic."
The president’s attempt to explain his approach to downplaying the virus, which has now claimed nearly 200 thousand American lives, came as he faces fallout from comments he made to renowned to Woodward for his forthcoming book, “Rage,” about the Trump presidency. MORE: What President Trump said about the coronavirus versus what Bob Woodward recorded in interviews: Timeline
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