WASHINGTON—President Trump told journalist Bob Woodward this spring that he was deliberately playing down the severity of the coronavirus to avoid inciting panic as he publicly dismissed the virus’s threat in a way public-health experts say harmed the ability to restrict its spread.
“I wanted to always play it down,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Woodward on March 19, according to audio recordings of the interview obtained by CNN on Wednesday. “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.”
+ blabbed our nuclear secrets.
Predator45 should have activated the Global pandemic rapid response team . In December. He played GOLF instead. He is a narcissistic psychopath. TrumpLiedPeopleDied CrimesAgainstHumanity
I think China can get the virus under control because there’s a panic.
And your editorial page was propping him up, dignifying and spreading his lies without revealing their falsity, and soft-peddling every act of indecency, deception and crime he could commit.
Same sentiment worked in Japan. Abe didn't create panic and Tokyo with twice the population and density of NYC had low death rates and no overrun hospitals. The media's constant panic-porn is responsible for NYC's high death rates.
The true panic came when it became clear that thousands of people were dying & you were doing nothing
All these Monday morning quarterbacks today is so fake. We shut down the economy and put 40M on the unemployment line. Countless lives ruined. Spare me.
Perhaps those who believe “Everything Trump does is wrong” s/look up how good leaders manage situations so as not to panic those under them-employees, citizens, crews, etc. Think.
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Almost 200,000 dead Americans. Trump is a FAILURE.Negligent homicide is a criminal charge brought against a person who, through criminal negligence, allows another person to die.
Trump did the right thing given the experts advice
He's got to have brilliant people around him to say hey the base there to stay.. you can have a different tone on some hey people be safe mask up it's real.. had he been just a smidge or even ACTED more humble and less petty.. he'd been a frontrunner 🤦🏽♂️
I always new this , it’s what’s called a positive mental attitude. What do you think
Remember when Trump was called a racist for trying to stop travel to China to slow the spread of this?
False implication and fake news.
I guess you chose the best words for the headline. Be interesting to see how WSJ Op Eds respond to this one.
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He was always a half glass full kinda guy, which was good. We didn't panic yet the doctors told us all they were doing and what to prepare for.
He is known for creating panic when it fits his political agenda and vice verse and justifying excuse to not create panic when it fits his political agenda! Playing both ways to those gullible. So pathetic that many fall for that! Where is the sanctity of life begins and ends?
It does not matter how many people die as a result of not being aware of of the severity of pandemic. The important thing is that they should not panic!! What kind of idiotic logic is this? Ignorance? Arrogance? Or simply incompetence? Or may be all!
🤦🏿♂️⚖📑🧐🤴🏿🤳🏽👮🏻♂️ Police/Law Enforcement ACCOUNTABILITY...its been a year plus of private excuses minimal positive results with a whole bunch of Public Police Targeting Injustices still smh ....
Trump didn’t want to cause a panic, and thankfully he didn’t. How else would the American people want to know? Thankfully Trump didn’t cause panic and have continued leading our country out of this. And we need to vote for Trump again to help us get out of this pandemic forever.
Democrats up played it. Trump downplayed it. Like most things, the truth is usually closer to the middle.
Isn't that the same approach the CDC used when it advised Americans against procuring masks? Masks only help health providers, right? Either the CDC was afraid Americans would hoard masks or it completely misunderstood how Covid works, or both.
Remarkable, you just can’t make this incompetence up. Tell that to the almost 200 thousand families that lost a loved one to Corvid 19, the rapidly approaching 7 million positive Corvid 19 cases and the lives that’s been put on hold.
So Trump’s strategy is: when there’s a crisis, look the other way. Great trait for a a President! If we had the Vietnamese or NZ type leaders, less than 5% of the 190,000 families would be mourning their loved ones 😢😡
Context and journalistic honesty, make sure it’s there. Everyone already knows CNN and washingtonpost are fear pimps. No need to join the ranks of the fallen.
The wsj a Trump s hater.
Whoa, this is a big challenge, eh ? How ya gonna paper this one over? What's gonna be the Murdoch propaganda lines? Can wait to see what you guys come up with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask Pelosi, DeBlasio, the Media why they played it down. POTUS took action so actions speak louder than words!
this guy *loves* not wanting to create a panic. then, poof! panic's here. & it's a real doozy cause no one WANTED it...
In other words, people were expendable but the economy was not. I wonder if he even warned his own family. Probably not. But the bottom line is, nobody knows if what he says is truth or lie...ever!
He’s already shot 195,000 people all over the US, and he’s still not going to lose a single cultist.
A general motivates her troop to keep fighting even the midst of death. Thanking you Pres. Trump for not joining with the far left in creating such much fear and panics which would have killed more Americans.
trump puts profit before people he was more interested in keeping the stock market up (although only 1% of americans own 50% of stocks)
Ten to one he lied about the reason. Sounds better to say he cares about the stock market than to admit that he doesn't understand science.
Waiting on the WSJ opinion writers to Trumpslpain why all these new discoveries aren’t as bad as they seem
Such lies - he said covid19 would disappear, called it a hoax, said it’s like the flu all on his favorite propaganda channel FOXTV foxnewsradio foxandfriends business
Lies. Lies. Lies.
WE ALL KNEW IT WAS WORSE THAN ADVERTISED. TRUMP SWIFTLY INITIATED BAN ON TRAVEL. HE ISN’T THE FALL GUY—CHINA IS.
When do we stop giving this President a free pass?
No one but himself to blame now.
Sorry to interrupt, but every major city in the US is under attack by violent extremists! They aim to burn suburbs to the ground. I’m, very conspicuously, dispatching federal officers to one city. But I don’t want you to panic!!
So 190,000 dead isn't frightening at all...
I can’t believe he didn’t do this! The life’s that could have been saved had he only suggested that every one panic!
Why on earth is he giving interviews to Bob Woodward. Deep down he just wants to be liked by liberals and Hollywood.
Meanwhile in all USA....
Downplayed Russia too.
Why did his actions support his played down position instead of taking actions given severity he was aware of in February? This play down pitch does not add up given his actions.
You can disagree with trump but he has admitted to making the statement. He also explains,why he did what he did. Agree or not, he's manning up to it. History may not be so kind to his,decision. As for the political fallout. I'm not sure.
He didn't have to start a panic. He could have just said everyone wear masks.
Don’t Panic, but blacks are moving into the suburbs, don’t panic but Dems will take your guns, don’t panic but Dems will remove God! Deadly virus, kills 200,000, but it will miraculously go away one day....don’t panic! It’s like the common flu...don’t panic...it’s a hoax!
I think he did the right thing.... Remember the shortages at grocery? Think about how much widespread it could have been. Stop - Think - Analyze
Playing it down is not same as calling COVID19 a hoax, encouraging people not to wear masks, and ignore social distancing. Those are criminal behavior.
Every major paper in the country needs to call for the president to resign. It needs to be the drumbeat of the country and on every front page. Now. Period. Too many American have died, are dying, will die because of his (in)actions.
Your paper is complicit. You have spread realDonaldTrump propaganda. All in the name of greed. Was it worth it! Complicit Pray for our lost Americans. TrumpDeathToll200K TrumpLiesWeDie
Still play it down Almost 200,000 dead and you want to play it down What so more die than necessary? So you don’t lose votes! ANIMAL how about the innocent dead trade with you and your family or ass kissers Bet you’d accept that deal. AMERICANS NEED A PRESIDENT NOT AN ANIMAL
he was in over his head again, and thought he could lie and bullshit his way through a crisis without a plan or a team, because he had jettisoned both due to arrogance and Obama eveny.
People died and the economy was devastated because Trump 'didn't want to create a panic.' Trump is incapable of telling the truth. We always knew that. But now we can literally count up the consequences.
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THAT IS WHAT GREAT LEADERS DO! OK HAVE BASEMENT GUY PANIC WILL IT FEEL BETTER?
Didn't want to cause panic? That's a lame excuse for failing to warn people. Trump could have acted to help people avoid catching, spreading and dying from COVID, but instead he played politics. He was grossly negligent and the sooner he resigns or is removed, the better.
Play it down Stock Market Up is what he meant!
Some people are saying this was a sack of 💩 move. Many people on both sides. In all seriousness, if I was one of the 190k families who lost someone knowing they could have had a fighting chance...I’d be apoplectic 🤬😡🤬
Totally agree! Why instill panic and fear when he was relying on DrFauci & DrBirx & CDC to help make a rational assessment. Stopping travel from China was immediate and was playing it safe.
This is literally nothing but since the libs have nothing they have to pretend that keeping people calm is a bad thing
Rev. 16;13-14. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon,(Colli Albany) out of the mouth of the beast (DT) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(Pope) They are demonic spirits that perform signs.
That’s what a leader does - takes action as needed and doesn’t create undue panic
You all need to demand his resignation!!!
Trump can RESIGN NOW thanks in advance
This is exactly what happens when stupid people are in chargecontrast with Arden of NZ Trump would be sacked the next day in any normal company for incompetence
'I wanted' to not 'I did' Bit of a difference when Woodward is asking about a 'a pivot' in Trump's mind.
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If a Democrat had said this the WSJ Editorial Board would be demanding a resignation.
That’s what a leader does
Play it down means cover it up
FDR played down the Great Depression.
In other words, and according to Columbia University (citing the impact on his inaction) tRump killed ~175,000 Americans by lying, calling it a hoax and not putting a national plan in place. And we're still talking about a tight election?! Let's talk about crimes against humanity
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