Alexis Madrigal + Mina Kim & Bob Woodward , KQED's Forum

Woodward: Trump Knew Virus Was Deadly But Wanted To ‘Play it Down’

10 Sep 2020 • 21 min • EN
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President Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward that he knew early on that the coronavirus was “deadly stuff” but did not share that information with the public, saying he did not want to cause panic. Woodward recorded the interviews for his upcoming book “Rage”.  “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told Woodward. We’ll talk about the president’s remarks and other revelations from Woodward’s book with NPR’s Ron Elving. 

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