Trump On Woodward Tape Admitting To Lying About Seriousness Of Coronavirus

[Flopper]

Trying to avoid s panic is not saying Covid does not exist no matter how much liberal feelings wish and need it to be that way.

There are 15 cases, soon to go down to almost zero
It's no worse than the seasonal flu
It will go away as if by magic when the weather gets warm

Trump was told in January that the virus was deadly, highly contagious and at least 5 times as bad as the worse flu.

"I always intended to play it down" - Trump

I think most people would agree that a president downplaying and lying to the American people about a threat they can do nothing about could be excusable. However, downplaying the most serious healthcare crisis in a hundred years is inexcusable. People have to make decisions and they need the truth not bullshit and sugarcoated lies. Business owners have to make decisions on the operation of their business and the threat the virus poses for employees and customers. Families have to decide on social gatherings such as weddings and social events, wearing masks, and social distancing. The virus is bad enough but Trump has created an addition crisis in America, who to believe the president or the healthcare people.

The most important factor in controlling an epidemic is deciding on a best course of action and getting everybody onboard. Trump has made that impossible. Thus, the infections, deaths and resulting restrictions will continue through next year along with the economic fallout regardless of whether we have a vaccine or not.

 

[meaner gene]

You just lost your credibility on that debunked Russian interference propaganda,I’m not a trump supporter...

Even Republicans on the Intelligence Committee admit that ...
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Reports by the republican senate intelligence committee don't count to a Trump supporter.

 

[jc456]

It was Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the new american group that gave the CIA the "curveball" information.

Wow I’m impressed,a biden lover who once actually went by facts,that won’t ever happen again.lol you biden worshippers always ignore pesky facts that the republican globalists,the neocon mass murderers in the bush administration as well as mass murderer globalist Romney,all hate trump same as the dems because he is trying to drain the swamp.lol

Actually it shows what happens when the white house tells the intelligence agencies what they want from them.

Just like Trump just told the whistleblower to stop releasing reports on russian election interference, and concentrate on china and iran.

You just lost your credibility on that debunked Russian interference propaganda,I’m not a trump supporter and I tear into him myself the fact he was an asshole for cutting off aide to Palestine but not doing the same for warmonger Israel kissing their ass,stick to facts like that one if you want to rag on trump for being a jerk but give it up already on that debunked rambling lies of russiagate.hee hee.

They can’t out debate us. Put em in a corner, they go silent

 

[jc456]

Trying to avoid s panic is not saying Covid does not exist no matter how much liberal feelings wish and need it to be that way.

There are 15 cases, soon to go down to almost zero
It's no worse than the seasonal flu
It will go away as if by magic when the weather gets warm

Trump was told in January that the virus was deadly, highly contagious and at least 5 times as bad as the worse flu.

"I always intended to play it down" - Trump

I think most people would agree that a president downplaying and lying to the American people about a threat they can do nothing about could be excusable. However, downplaying the most serious healthcare crisis in a hundred years is inexcusable. People have to make decisions and they need the truth not bullshit and sugarcoated lies. Business owners have to make decisions on the operation of their business and the threat the virus poses for employees and customers. Families have to decide on social gathers such as weddings and wearing masks, and social distancing. Trump has created an addition crisis in America, who to believe the president or the healthcare people?

So why did the demofks purposely lie about the deaths of 190,000 people? Seems integrity of the demofks is gone

 

[meaner gene]

You just lost your credibility on that debunked Russian interference propaganda,I’m not a trump supporter ...

They can’t put debate us. Put em in a corner, they go silent

He thinks we lost credibility by citing the republican senate intelligence committee report (book 5 to be exact)

His "debunking" has been completely debunked.

 

[charwin95]

All those excuses doesn’t mean anything.
Even one of his advisers Navarro warned Trump in writing this pandemic will hit US

He was in daily meetings with the heads of the CDC, and NIH, and you want him to ignore them in favor of Peter Navarro?

Mid March outbreak was small here in US . True. ARE YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING? In January, February and March China was in full scale war of Coronavirus. The whole world knew this is a big health crisis. March and April Trump and Fox are very busy downplaying the crisis. Didn’t start ordering supplies still mid March. That is a total failure of the administration. Then he blamed China and Obama.

OMG....Downplaying while behind the scenes fighting it very aggressively....I tell ya. Your argument here is pure Bull Shit....You are using hindsight to nit pick his response and I don't recall reading from you or any other democrat in here at the time anything of the sort, other than when he did act you calling him a wannabe dictator or some such....

What you are doing is politicizing this virus, and it is disgusting.

Now you tell me what kind of a president is that? Trump is part of the problem. As long as Trump is the president I don’t think this crisis will go away.

I think Trump's actions during this virus were far better than the previous administrations reaction to H1N1, that's for sure....And, ofcourse this crisis won't go away, because you people can't be honest for one second...

From you......... Trump fighting it aggressively. Are you kidding me? Trump tweeted that all these Coronavirus are all lies created by democrats and the media, only 9,000 deaths because that is what Qanon told him, praised a lunatic doctor, spreading misinformation and lie most of the time, no mask, blasted Biden because he wear mask.

NOW you tell me if Trump is really serious fighting the virus? Trump is total clown.

Ibe been involved with most of these Trump discussions since 2015. So I’m not sure what you are talking about.

Obama handling of H1N1 was way way far better than this lousy Trump. Americans did not panic, no panic buying, no food shortages, nobody lined up for food, stock remained intact, unemployment the same, no businesses loses or closures, no trillions$ bail out,the whole country remained calm, no finger pointing, no blaming, economy stays intact. That is a an example of excellent leadership..

Now compare that to Trump.

 

[meaner gene]

Business owners have to make decisions on the operation of their business and the threat the virus poses for employees and customers. Families have to decide on social gathers such as weddings and wearing masks, and social distancing. Trump has created an addition crisis in America, who to believe the president or the healthcare people?

So why did they purposely lie about the deaths of 190,000 people? Seems integrity of the demofks is gone

Here we go. The crazy-ass bullshit is their only response.

What 200,000 dead? It's all fake news.

 

[Leo123]

'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward...

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There is nothing left to be said.

Oh Jesus! Trump changed his mind!! He didn't want to start a panic but then listened to the experts!!!!! STOP THE PRESSES!!! TRUMP IS A LIAR!!! What bullshit. Actually, the ONLY ones causing a panic are the Democrats who want everyone to suffer so their empty shell candidate 'Slo-Joe' Might stand a snowball's chance in Hell of getting elected. You TDSers are such fucking suckers.

 

[meaner gene]

Obama handling of H1N1 was way way far better than this lousy Trump. Americans did not panic, no panic buying, no food shortages, nobody lined up for food, stock remained intact, unemployment the same, no businesses loses or closures, no trillions$ bail out,the whole country remained calm, no finger pointing, no blaming, economy stays intact. That is a an example of excellent leadership..

Now compare that to Trump.

Compare to what they did in South Korea. They wore masks, did testing, and never had to shut down their economy.

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Mar 26, 2020 - It's one of several places in Asia that did not use draconian lockdown ...

• 136 new cases and 5 new deaths in South Korea [source]

compared to

• 21,351 new cases and 330 new deaths in the United States

 

[buttercup]

After reading this thread, I can see why we're losing our republic. Too many people here are glued to the idiot box.

 

[meaner gene]

Trump doesn't want to panic the american people.



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[meaner gene]

After reading this thread, I can see why we're losing our republic. Too many people here are glued to the idiot box.

Trump watches fox news 8 hours a day. 5 hours at night, and 3 hours in the morning.

 

[Flopper]

As I've been saying all along, none of this had to happen.

I was basing that on the fact that trump tore apart our system to prevent this from happening.

I now include basing this on the fact that trump has known the truth about the virus from the start and not only didn't do anything about it, he actually did and said things he knew that would make the situation worse.

He didn't take any proper steps for contact tracing and testing. He didn't take any proper steps to make sure we had enough PPE and medical supplies and equipment.

He refused the WHO tests which guaranteed that we wouldn't have a uniform test that actually worked all the time.

Then all the lies for months on end and to this day about this.

He sent out tweets to liberate Michigan and other states knowing that it would cause the virus to spread there and other states. He held large gatherings knowing that it would spread the virus more.

Most of what he did was actions that would guarantee the mess we're in now. In fact, a worse mess, since some governors took quick action while others followed trump and didn't take action quickly.

All with trump encouraging those governors to take actions that guaranteed that the virus would spread more causing more needless deaths and suffering.

I am so sick and tired of the lies and excuses.

Trump Admits Minimizing the Virus, Woodward Reports in New Book

Wow what a source,Woodward,the disinformation specialist for the CIA.lol

The real source is the recording in which Trump admitted he knew how serious the virus was but he chose to downplay it misleading the people and in so doing created a crisis of trust with Trump telling the people one thing and his healthcare experts telling them the very opposite. Thus the die was set. With the people divide on who they believed and prevention, it would be impossible to control the spread of the virus and we now see the result in nearly 200,000 deaths, a struggling economy, and no end in sight.

 

[bravoactual]

LOL all republicans here that kiss trumps boots are ""Losers and Suckers""

You just described you Biden ass kissers to a tee.lol

You're a Ram fan ,,That's bad enough

There is no accounting for taste.

 

[jc456]

You just lost your credibility on that debunked Russian interference propaganda,I’m not a trump supporter ...

They can’t put debate us. Put em in a corner, they go silent

He thinks we lost credibility by citing the republican senate intelligence committee report (book 5 to be exact)

His "debunking" has been completely debunked.

You don’t want to know the truth. And that’s the credibility you lost

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Yeah...I place great importance on politically biased articles intent on smearing candidates for office. (Rolls eyes)

You wrote those words LONG AFTER his OWN WORDS, his OWN VOICE, was made public.

He is NOT DENYING that he SAID them. He LIED.

And you're STILL trying this? You're definitely one of the sheepier Trump sheep here.

I challenge you to directly quote the alleged lie and provide a rational reasoned argument explaining how you came to the conclusion that it's a lie.

And I predict that you will run away from that challenge because you're a cowardly TDS afflicted moron.

Um, he admitted downplaying the virus when he knew it was worse. He admitted he still does. HE'S NOT DENYING HE SAID IT.

He said, quoting here: "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic."

Why are you denying this? Are you afraid to listen to the tape?

Tapes show Trump acknowledging coronavirus threat in February

Read the interactive transcript on Rev.com

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Those that died with COVID 19 was that the deciding factor of their death or was it because they had health issues and they died because of their poor health? Millions more catch COVID 19 but don't die from it

 

[jc456]

Here we go. The crazy-ass bullshit is their only response.

What 200,000 dead? It's all fake news

They died, but not due to wuhan . And, you have no proof they did. Nor does the cdc. There’s that

 

[bravoactual]

'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward...

www.cnn.com

There is nothing left to be said.

Are you saying now he should have panicked the public?

No he should of said what he said on March 11:

Mar 11, 2020

We are at a critical time in the fight against the virus. We made a life-saving move with early action on China. Now we must take the same action with Europe. We will not delay. I will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives, health, and safety of the American people. I will always put the wellbeing of America first.

If we are vigilant — and we can reduce the chance of infection, which we will — we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus. The virus will not have a chance against us.

No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States. We have the best economy, the most advanced healthcare, and the most talented doctors, scientists, and researchers anywhere in the world.

We are all in this together. We must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation and one family.

As history has proven time and time again, Americans always rise to the challenge and overcome adversity.

Our future remains brighter than anyone can imagine. Acting with compassion and love, we will heal the sick, care for those in need, help our fellow citizens, and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before.

God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you.

Remarks by President Trump in Address to the Nation | The White House

Oval Office 9:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans: Tonight, I want to speak with you about our nation’s unprecedented response to the coronavir

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What did he know and when did he know it comes to mind.!!

How short your memory is...

Before that address little was known about COVID-19...

Faucci was saying that there was nothing to worry about, and that we didn't need masks.

Pelosi was calling for people to come on down to Chinatown and party.

Biden said that the travel ban from China was "racist, and xenophobic "!!!

Meanwhile, Trump enlisted auto makers to make ventilators, tasked the VP to assemble a task force on the virus, and marshaled ppe for health care workers.

Notice last night when Bret Bair interviewed Biden's press sec. he wouldn't answer the simplest of questions...In fact, he outright lied when he said 4 times that Biden supported the travel ban...

So, excuse me if I'm not impressed with your faux outrage, and armchair quaterbacking...

Let me refresh your memory.

Fauci on mask said that at the beginning of the crisis. He regret saying that ...... that doesn’t mean you don’t wear mask.

Pelosi went to China town February 24, 2020. At that time there were no restrictions. Trump rally February 28 called this a new Democrat
hoax. Pelosi visited her constituents. Why is that a problem? Since when that is a violation of the Coronavirus crisis? Look at Trumps several rallies. Is Pelosi even worth mentioning to deflect Trump hypocrisy?


Biden called Trump travel ban racist and xenophobic. Read links below to refresh your memory. Just because Biden called him xenophobic and racist. Is that an excuse to downplay the severity of this crisis

Trump order of ventilators and other medical supplies for the Pandemic. Trump didn’t place any orders till mid March 2020. That is just placing the order that doesn’t mean supplies will arrive in March. While this country is facing major shortages of medical supplies.

There was a Pandemic Team assembled by the Obama administration after the Ebola outbreak. Designed to handle this kind of pandemic before it even reach US..... Trump dismantle the NSC pandemic in 2018.


Biden press secretary interview with Bret Bair. Big deal...... have you seen Trump interviews with Wallace or others aside from Fox?

Trump's Misleading Comments on Biden and the Coronavirus - FactCheck.org

Biden: Trump’s coronavirus response has been ‘nakedly xenophobic’

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump of “fanning the flames” of “hate, fear and xenophobia” against Asian Americans during the coronavirus outbreak.

thehill.com

Trump administration waited 2 months before bolstering medical supplies for coronavirus pandemic, review shows

A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks and other equipment.

www.chicagotribune.com

In mid March the outbreak was small....

" The United States confirmed 669 new cases, bringing the total number to 3,485. Five more deaths were reported, bringing the total number to 65.[635] "

Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020

en.wikipedia.org

So, Trump was acting to ramp up PPE in Mid March when there was only some 3500 cases and only 65 deaths...I'd say that was being proactive....See, You people want to look at this through the hindsight lens and attack him for political reasons....You ought to be ashamed of yourselves politicizing this....

All those excuses doesn’t mean anything.
Even one of his advisers Navarro warned Trump in writing this pandemic will hit US

Mid March outbreak was small here in US . True. ARE YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING? In January, February and March China was in full scale war of Coronavirus. The whole world knew this is a big health crisis. March and April Trump and Fox are very busy downplaying the crisis. Didn’t start ordering supplies still mid March. That is a total failure of the administration. Then he blamed China and Obama.


Bob Woodward interview on tape showed Trump knew this is a big crisis. He lied to Americans. Those deaths are not necessary. Trump is responsible for this crisis....... Even today does it looks like he is serious fighting the pandemic? He goes around with these rallies most of his supporters don’t wear mask. He doesn’t even encourage them to wear mask against his own administrations policy.
He tweeted Covid-19 are all lies, deaths and infections are all lies created by democrats. Tweeted only 9,000 deaths. Then promoted a lunatic doctor.

Now you tell me what kind of a president is that? Trump is part of the problem. As long as Trump is the president I don’t think this crisis will go away.

He is an excellent President and hundreds of times better than the idiot you are trotting out to run for all your complaining.

Over 194,000 Americans are dead because of his lies.

He called the Marines who Killed In Action at Bellau Wood, "Losers" and "Suckers".

He has attacked Gold Star Families and Denegrated the name of Men who were Prisoners of War.

No, over 90,000 in 6 Democrat led illegal sanctuary states are dead because of inept and idiot Democrat governors and their global leading 8% mortality rate. The remaining 44 states have the additional 100,000 deaths but with increased testing and much more common sense and less stupidity, a 1.8% mortality rate which brought the US down to 2.9%. You can awwwk and parrot all the ignorant lying points you want, but this thing turned bad early because of idiot Democrats like yourself.

To understand just how we found ourselves in such a devastating humanitarian and economic predicament, look no further than how the governors and legislatures of many red states blindly deferred to President Trump and his blatant disregard for medical expertise.

Adjusting for population, the ten states with the highest rates of new coronavirus cases are Florida, Alabama, Nevada, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Thanks to red states, the world views America with shock and pity

There are no excuses for the devastation that many red states’ willful ignorance of medical expertise is unleashing upon America today

thehill.com

Kung Flu Death Rates:

New York: 6.97%
New Jersey: 8.11%
Mass: 7.42%
CN: 8.28%
PA: 5.38%
DC: 4.25%


Florida: 1.9%
Texas: 2.08%
NV: 1.98%
AL: 1.71%
GA: 2.15%
TN: 1.19%


See a pattern?

Yes the pattern is clear. The Northeast was hit hard by coronavirus being carried by people traveling from Europe which Trump refused to stop until it was too late.

You mean the travel ban Crazy Joe attacked him for?

If you would take time out from your nonstop posting, you might learn the truth, something quite foreign to Trump and his supporters. First, Biden's comment was not about Trump's travel ban on Europe. Trump claimed erroneously that Biden was attacking his travel ban on China. Biden actual tweet was:

“We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency.”

But Biden did not explicitly tie xenophobia to the China travel restriction. His tweet reflects coronavirus remarks he made during a campaign stop in Iowa Jan. 31, the day the travel restrictions with China were announced, two and half months before Trump began a travel ban on Europe.

Biden use of the word xenophbia in January and March was in reference to Trump many tweets using the phrases "foreign virus", "China virus", "China Flu", Kung Flu", Chinese Plague", etc.

Fact-check: Did Biden call Trump ‘xenophobic’ for China travel restrictions?

This piece was originally published on PolitiFact.com on March 27, 2020. Amid criticism of his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump routinely flags one a…

www.statesman.com

Time To Remember 45 sent tons of Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) to Communist China.

 

[buttercup]

After reading this thread, I can see why we're losing our republic. Too many people here are glued to the idiot box.

Trump watches fox news 8 hours a day. 5 hours at night, and 3 hours in the morning.

I don't care about Trump, I'm not a Trump supporter, never have been. I was talking about the people on this thread, not Trump.

 

[buttercup]

Yeah...I place great importance on politically biased articles intent on smearing candidates for office. (Rolls eyes)

You wrote those words LONG AFTER his OWN WORDS, his OWN VOICE, was made public.

He is NOT DENYING that he SAID them. He LIED.

And you're STILL trying this? You're definitely one of the sheepier Trump sheep here.

I challenge you to directly quote the alleged lie and provide a rational reasoned argument explaining how you came to the conclusion that it's a lie.

And I predict that you will run away from that challenge because you're a cowardly TDS afflicted moron.

Um, he admitted downplaying the virus when he knew it was worse. He admitted he still does. HE'S NOT DENYING HE SAID IT.

He said, quoting here: "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic."

Why are you denying this? Are you afraid to listen to the tape?

Tapes show Trump acknowledging coronavirus threat in February

Read the interactive transcript on Rev.com

www.rev.com

Those that died with COVID 19 was that the deciding factor of their death or was it because they had health issues and they died because of their poor health? Millions more catch COVID 19 but don't die from it