. Three days after delivering his “deadly” assessment in a private call with journalist Bob Woodward, he told a New Hampshire rally on Feb. 10, “It’s going to be fine.”minimizing the severity of the virus in public
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany highlighted comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, to try to make the case that Trump didn’t lie to the public. She cited a Feb. 17 interview in which Fauci focused his concern on the seasonal flu then playing out.
If that testing showed the virus had slipped into the country in places federal officials didn’t know about, “we’ve got a problem,” Fauci said. Still, the headline put the spotlight on his remark that the danger posed by the virus was slight. It read: “Top disease official: Risk of coronavirus in USA is ‘minuscule.’”
He added: “I categorically deny the idea that there wasn’t a strong consensus of public health experts at the time saying this was a very serious problem.” As Trump left for India on Feb. 23, he told reporters that the virus was “very much under control” and that the small number of infected people in the U.S. were “very well confined.”
“Well, I don’t think it’s inevitable. It probably will. It possibly will. It could be at a very small level or it could be at a larger level. Whatever happens, we’re totally prepared,” Trump said.
Sorry, your time is up.
You realize the picture featured in your story is from February right? The CDC said February 5 that they were preparing as if COVID-19 would be a pandemic. President Trump did not ever play down this pandemic!
they have been a devastating shameless failure - the squeakiest wheel was greased
You are playing to an audience that, by and large, is illiterate. Anyone with a clue knows this is unadulterated bull.
More fake news
AP must report what they are told to report by the left. The “Press” has lost its credibility by becoming outlets for political ideologies. The left and right in this country have long understood you must control the message. You are told what they want you to know.
and 193,000 people later hes still down playing it
The base blindly supporting trump are mostly favouring money and the stock markets over the lives of the less fortunate is just NOT right but is outright dangerous and disgusting.:) And I am including YOU my good friends evangelicals.
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Dr. Fauci was the one shown on tv these nuts never showed the president?
You guys are a joke Fauci said this wasn’t gonna be a problem he was also telling us mask weren’t gonna do anything
190,000 deaths out of 330,000,000 Americans is only 0.00057% of the US population. Worldwide we have 920,000 deaths from COVID out of 7,800,000,000 people. That’s only 0.00011% of the population. It time to look at the math and get over this crap.
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Banning flights from China was down playing it right? At least he wasn't in China town SF imploring everyone to come out and visit with no mask or distancing like your buddy Nancy P
Why is this news? It’s been obvious.
Yes, this story seems accurate
And we now know it wasn't as deadly as most of those 'experts' claim. It is no threat to your average healthy person. We saw an overreaction that did more damage to the country than the actual virus.
How can something not be serious when flights were cancelled, a task force was set up, and the economy was completely shut down? Daily briefings, health awareness ads on tv & radio...People panicked. Crazy run on paper and cleaning products. TU Prez Trump for the calm attitude.
Look on the bright side. At least there are over 200k without pain, panic or worry.
Really trying to make this into something aren’t you:)
And the 3rd in command, Pelosi, was contradicting Trump, telling people to go out to Chinatown. NYC mayor did the same. I guess pushing the BS impeachment was more important than lives. Oh, and let's not forget Schiff is the chairman of the house inteligence committee.
Except he didn't play down the threat....
LOL. Nice try, Losers. We're ON to you. TikTok
realDonaldTrump panicked when we needed leadership. TrumpLiedPeopleDied when WeThePeople needed truth. TrumpFailedAmerica BidenHarris2020 USA 🇺🇸
'trump lies',people die,djt now admits he lied to all the American people about how dangerous trumps virus was/.his total failure is the cause of 195,000 deaths/.brought on by his lies/.it is safe to open up our schools & economy,djt says/.while downplaying the dangers to do so/.
Your lying as usual, anything Trump! Trump will win the election by the largest landslide in America history taking house & Senate
So, premeditated murder rather than negligent homicide. Thought so.
I guess no on remembers the run on basic household supplies. Imagine if Trump was out telling everyone to actually worry? He saved some from violence.
Trump called it a hoax. Pro sports didn't play. Schools shut down. Some hoax. Tell that to 200,000 dead peopleand their families. Bloods on your hands. Thats what i heard.
On March 9, Dr. Anthony Fauci told the country it was perfectly safe for healthy Americans to take a cruise and to hold campaign rallies.
Trump didn't let most of them speak. By the end of these stupid talks, he stood in FRONT of Dr. Faucci. How low can you get. Dr Faucci is more credible. Always will be.
tRump lied, Americans died! VoteBidenHarris2020 VoteRedToSaveAmerica VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare DumpTrump2020 LyingGOP
If he wanted to “play it down” publicly to avoid panic, maybe 😒. I’d like to know why, in the background, he wasn’t pulling out all the stops to keep us safe? We STILL don’t have the necessary PPE, testing, and contact tracing. DefenseProductionAct
The MSM continues to lie to the American people on a daily basis. They continue to downplay the Black Lives Matter terrorist who continue to riot, burn down buildings and kill people.
Fake News as usually
Yeah.. We know.. We knew back in February. The president wanted people to remain calm as the experts told you what was going on. It was more helpful than him running up to mic screaming 'we're all gonna die!'
Except for the CDC and Dr Fauci. As late as the end of Jan. they were still claiming it couldn't be transmitted from human to human.
AP is fake news
Trump and Pence have the blood and manslaughter of 193,000, to date, deaths of innocent citizens who a majority might have survived if Trump has listen to his own words and taken them seriously and responsibly. TRUMP FAILED AND COMMITTED MANSLAUGHTER—EVEN MURDER.
Any kind of leader at all would have had a solid plan in place for our country, that would have had a calming effect. As opposed to sweeping it under the rug and continuing to lie about it.
Good thing. The so called “experts and science” was all overstated
Impeach and remove from office, please enough is enough. Nov.3rd not coming fast enough
Well Dr Facui said he wasn’t. Not even a little. PROPAGANDA
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what a joke of a headline. throughout Feb Fauci downplayed this. including masks. GTFO
Which was exactly the right thing to do.
IN MARCH CDC TOP DOCTOR FAUCCI SAID ' MASKS WERE NOT NECESSARY ' IT'S ON YOU TUBE
He's called it a 'Hoax.'
he told people they didn’t need masks. he fought wearing one himself. AFTER he said the things we’ve heard him say. that’s not trying to stop a panic. that’s attempted murder, now that we know that trump knew
And still is!!!
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