Why did President Trump speak to Bob Woodward? - 60 Minutes - CBS

[Rhiannon12866]

For “Rage,” the president sat for 18 interviews with the Watergate journalist over the course of months and knew he was being recorded.


Donald Trump's conversations with Bob Woodward about coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and nuclear war

In taped conversations with a Washington Post journalist, President Trump said he wanted to downplay the severity of the coronavirus. And the recordings reveal the President's view on how close the United States came to nuclear war with North Korea. Scott Pelley reports.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-bob-woodward-rage-60-minutes-2020-09-13/

[SheltieLover]

1. I want to know why he waited to release info

Was he asked this?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I'm just watching this now, myself.

[SheltieLover]

3. Ok.

Ty!

[Gothmog]

4. trump thought that he could charm Woodward

Trump is an idiot

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Exactly.

He has to be the least introspective individual on the planet - that and his lack of knowledge and attention to anything that doesn't directly involve him has been the main contribution to his downfall.

[Aussie105]

6. Trump being Trump

outlined all of his victories to Woodward, thinking Woodward was on his side and would write a glowing book about Trump's Big Brain and Political Smarts.

Why did Woodward wait so long? One suggestion is that Woodward wanted to check facts and make sure Donnie wasn't doing some snow job on him. Make him publish and look ridiculous.

But it's one book amongst many that say 'Ummm, isn't Trump terrible?'. Something we already knew.

Too many 'tell all' books, none of them achieve anything, not reading any of them.

[PJMcK]

7. Woodward explained why he didn't publish Trump's comments sooner

When he was interviewing Trump on February 7th, Woodward said he was prepared to talk about the impeachment and acquittal. That was what he was focused on. The coronavirus was not really much of a story at that point and Woodward said recently that what Trump was saying didn't particularly register with him. It wasn't until later, when he was reading the transcripts of his recordings that Woodward realized the conflicts between Trump's private comments and his public statements.

I'm not cutting Woodward much slack since he's not a hero to me. But the timing does seem reasonable. I've conducted a couple of hundred interviews and it's quite often that I've realized the interviewee said something that didn't register immediately during the session.

In any event, now we know what Trump said and did. Let's make sure he loses the election.

[Illumination]

8. I believe he talked to Bob because he may actually harbor lots of guilt. But let's face it. This is

a man who is not well mentally & physically...