FEB. 7TH to Woodward: '...it's a very tricky situation. It goes through air, Bob. It's also more deadly than even your strenuous flus' FEB. 10TH at a rally: 'Looks like by April, you know in theory, when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away.'
From the first time President Donald Trump addressed the coronavirus outbreak, he sought to portray it as a situation that was under control.But over seven months into a global pandemic, newly released recordings from interviews with journalist Bob Woodward for his upcoming book"Rage" show that the president was publicly playing down the threat while privately acknowledging the severity of the virus which has now claimed over 190,000 American lives, according to reports on Wednesday.
Feb. 2: On the same day the Trump administration's travel restriction on China went into effect, the president told Fox News that it is effective in stopping the virus from spreading.Feb. 7: Following a call with China's President Xi Jinping, Trump told Woodward the conversation centered around the coronavirus outbreak, according to a recording first reported on by CNN and the Washington Post.
MORE: Biden blasts Trump over reports he deliberately downplayed coronavirus threat: 'It’s a disgrace' That same day, he accused Democrats and the media of trying to make the outbreak appear worse than it is, tweeting,"The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant."
MORE: Trump makes rosy vaccine timing front and center in campaign, predicting it's possible before Election Day"Our people want to return to work. They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively & lovingly. We can do two things together," he wrote. Aug. 5: Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 240,000 documented COVID-19 cases in children at this point, Trump said during an interview,"If you look at children, children are almost -- and I would almost say definitely -- but almost immune from this disease." He adds"They don't have a problem. They just don't have a problem."
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