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‘This is deadly stuff’: tapes show Donald Trump acknowledging coronavirus threat in February
US president discussed disease with China’s Xi Jinping and was aware of danger, journalist Bob Woodward reveals in new book
US President Donald Trump acknowledged the “deadly” nature of the coronavirus earlier this year in a series of recorded interviews with The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, even as the White House sought to dismiss the disease’s threat to Americans amid its initial outbreak across the United States.
Recounting a conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump told Woodward on February 7 that the coronavirus is “more deadly than your, you know, your – even your strenuous flus”.
“This is more deadly,” he added. “This is five per – you know, this is 5 per cent versus 1 per cent and less than 1 per cent, you know. So, this is deadly stuff.”
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3100924/deadly-stuff-tapes-show-donald-trump-acknowledging
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China did not hide anything from him
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