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Megathread: Trump says he deliberately played down the threat of Coronavirus in recorded interview with Bob Woodward
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Megathread: Trump says he deliberately played down the threat of Coronavirus in recorded interview with Bob Woodward

Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:06 AM PDT

President Donald Trump admitted that he wanted to publicly downplay the threat of the coronavirus even as his advisors warned him about the dangers of the disease, Bob Woodward wrote in his forthcoming book about the Trump administration, multiple outlets reported.

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