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LizBeth

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23. I was thinking that too. And Woodward is right that Trump lies about EVERYTHING. That is the problem

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 11:39 AM

Sep 2020

with a liar. That is on Trump. Woodward didn't know facts any more than any one else. So he has a point. Though I think if he put that out in mAy that would be when Trump was working to prematurely open cities again but I think with impact, 7 months of Trump saying it is not a big deal and will disappear gets much more an impact than if Woodward had put it out earlier. I do not think it would have done much of anything if he had put it out at the time, because Trump is a weasel. We look at things from a rational view and Trump is not ever that, so we call it wrong because we aren't living that now.

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Would anything had changed if the tapes had been released sooner? [View all] cynatnite Sep 2020 OP

I doubt it... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #1

What happened yesterday and today is exactly what would have happened Mike 03 Sep 2020 #2

Do not buy in, even for a moment, that this is Woodwards fault lapfog_1 Sep 2020 #3

I'm not at all... cynatnite Sep 2020 #6

Agreed, but letting Woodward off the hook for any onus does the same for Trump. Trump is trying to uponit7771 Sep 2020 #7

I don't know if it would have made a difference in the approach to Covid 19 or not. Arkansas Granny Sep 2020 #4

Maybe not the book but airborne & lethality of CV19 could've save hundreds of thousands of lives. uponit7771 Sep 2020 #5

The information was out there, but trump wasn't the one saying it... cynatnite Sep 2020 #8

This is false, it was NOT well known among American public in Jan/Feb the lethality of CV19 and that uponit7771 Sep 2020 #10

I remember reading and watching the information coming out back in early March... cynatnite Sep 2020 #13

Trump knew in Jan / Feb and should've told the general public AT THAT TIME. We should've known ... uponit7771 Sep 2020 #16

I don't think so.... Spazito Sep 2020 #9

the change would have been with the GOP leadership in Congress as well as GOP governors beachbumbob Sep 2020 #11

Trump's hole keeps getting deeper. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #12

Drumph would have had an easier time obfuscating... Champion Jack Sep 2020 #14

It would have been a 24-48 hour story BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #15

It's such a false dichotomy Midnightwalk Sep 2020 #17

released when? agingdem Sep 2020 #18

Yes. The media and GOVERNORS would have acted more urgently. blm Sep 2020 #19

Pfft not mine BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #20

Yes. Those who listen only to Trump would have understood that the virus was actually Squinch Sep 2020 #21

No! In fact the timing is perfect..it's damaging him more than we could've hoped for Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #22

I was thinking that too. And Woodward is right that Trump lies about EVERYTHING. That is the problem LizBeth Sep 2020 #23

No. Nothing would have changed. Trump and the Pukes would scream fake news and his Autumn Sep 2020 #24