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kwijybo

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7. Bob Woodward's interview with Trump

Reply to babsbunny (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2024, 08:15 AM

Apr 7

Was on 19Mar2020. “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don't want to create a panic," Trump said in a March 19 call with Woodward. He also knew it was more deadly than he ever let on, affecting more than old people.

Woodward has the tapes. His book was released in September 2020.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-told-bob-woodward-he-knew-february-covid-19-was-n1239658

May Trump burn in hell for the 500,000 deaths he caused.

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A top White House adviser starkly warned Trump administration officials (from 2020) I am glad these articles exist! [View all] babsbunny Apr 7 OP

Trump didn't care about American lives lost. Irish_Dem Apr 7 #1

He seemed to think... 2naSalit Apr 7 #4

Yes when the deaths were hitting blue cities. Irish_Dem Apr 7 #6

And yet I believe in public gibraltar72 Apr 7 #2

after trump did not take this reasonable advice rampartc Apr 7 #3

Is this perhaps why the right wing let Navarro go to jail? raging moderate Apr 7 #8

Chump believed only Dems would die FakeNoose Apr 7 #5

Bob Woodward's interview with Trump kwijybo Apr 7 #7

He played it down because he knew he would lose the 2020 malaise Apr 7 #9

And that's a good thing... paleotn Apr 7 #15

I would rather have those Americans usedtobedemgurl Apr 7 #16

Granted. So would I. But I also don't want a fascist-lite dictator for life. paleotn Apr 7 #18

Of course! usedtobedemgurl Apr 7 #20

He could never do that malaise Apr 8 #30

What's crazy is if he hadn't played it down, he might have won Johnny2X2X Apr 8 #29

Is Peter Navarro in jail or in the process Baitball Blogger Apr 7 #10

Jail. Begging SCOTUS to get him out... paleotn Apr 7 #14

Okay, then. Maybe he's spilling the beans either to have one side bail him out to shut him up, or Baitball Blogger Apr 7 #17

One can hope. paleotn Apr 7 #19

The OP article from the NYT is "published April 6, 2020" BumRushDaShow Apr 8 #21

This just gets more damning. Baitball Blogger Apr 8 #22

In 2015/2016 after the Ebola outbreak, the Obama Administration created a Pandemic Plan BumRushDaShow Apr 8 #23

We probably did have a stockpile of supplies due to Obama's efforts, Baitball Blogger Apr 8 #24

There was a stockpile BumRushDaShow Apr 8 #25

Seriously, why is no one making a campaign advert for Biden to remind Americans Baitball Blogger Apr 8 #26

I'm sure they have BumRushDaShow Apr 8 #27

True. Baitball Blogger Apr 8 #28

He planned on monetizing the virus and he did and it cost untold lives. lark Apr 7 #11

I still have some left-over horse paste SouthernDem4ever Apr 7 #12

Anyone with even a modicum of infectious disease understanding knew what could happen... paleotn Apr 7 #13