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'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

Discussion in 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) News' started by MissingMayor, Sep 9, 2020.

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  1. RP12

    RP12 Well-Known Member

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    Are you unaware that Influenza can be serious? /facepalm

    Ah so where would you have put all these people in quarantine for 14 days?
     
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    How does that address him lying to us?
     
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  3. RP12

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    So what you are saying is we have learned nothing since Feb and March got you.
     
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  4. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Interesting. So shutting down mom n pop shops where 2 to 3 people were in the store at their busiest hour, while crowding them into WalMart to buy the exact same item was the right move?

    "This is the worst epidemic, so you are to wait in crowded lines for toilet paper!"

    Sorry, the other side screwed the covid pooch.
     
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    Quote me saying so. Ever. Sorry, but playing make believe that this wasn't a serious issue was what screwed the pooch here.
     
    yardmeat, Sep 9, 2020
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    Of course Trump knew that Covid-19 was worse than the flu. His National Security Advisor told him that this was going to be the roughest thing you face in your time in office. Yet Trump lied to all of us and downplayed the entire pandemic simply to increase his chances for re-election. Woodward has tape of Trump telling him that Covid-19 was far more dire then what he is telling the American public.

    Trump is toast, and it's not even October yet.

    I can't wait to read the defenders responses to this. LOL

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...68fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
     
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  7. MissingMayor

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    Mod Edit/Rule 8

    But other than that they have no credible response. Basically saying he partially shut down travel from mainland China in February, because he did nothing else but downplay it and hawk hydroxychloroquine.
     
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    He downplayed it. Others overreacted.

    I asked which side was closer and your answer was: "The side who treated it like the worst epidemic our country has faced in the past century"

    It is certainly a serious issue. More serious than Trump presented, and less serious than the opposition presented. Presenting things as they are doesn't sell books!
     
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    Wait I thought he was suppose to listen to the dem god, Dr Fauci? Do you really expect us to not remember the outcry from Joe in Feb when Trump closed down borders? Xenophobe is specifically what he called Trump for doing it. You had Nancy saying eat in Chinatown, DipSh$% NY mayor saying ride the subway. On March 5th you had 64 cases and Fauci and the CDC thought they had it under control but they didn't. They had relied on bad info from WHO and China, which is why Trump was so pissed at them at the end of March.

    Feb 29th right before trump interview
    https://www.today.com/video/dr-fauc...s-no-need-to-change-lifestyle-yet-79684677616
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-dr-anthony-fauci-on-face-the-nation-february-16-2020/
    https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/...s-decisive-actions-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
     
    hawgsalot, Sep 9, 2020
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    Mod edit/ Rule 8

    Yeah, Trump can't "spin" his way out of this.

    Bad move to let Woodward tape him.
     
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    Do I have to buy the book to hear the tape?
     
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    He downplayed. Others didn't know the full truth but knew it was serious. I can't think of a good example where anyone overreacted. Can you point one out?
     
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    Lucifer, Sep 9, 2020
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    He downplayed it early march because that's what he was being told. Fauci, don't change what your doing, based off bad intel from WHO and China . They were lying to our scientist and NOBODY wanted to panic. Unfortunately, the bad intel from China and WHO created this mess for the world not just the USA. It's an election year and the dems love some China so they'll overlook the commies.
     
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    Mod edit/Rule 8

    Anyway, the initial reaction appeared to be to attack Woodward's credibility, which of course falls flat when they find out there are recordings. LOL.
     
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    MissingMayor Well-Known Member

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    Trump is ON TAPE saying he knew otherwise in early February.

    HE KNEW!

    Why do you keep on insisting he was ill informed? He knew.
     
    MissingMayor, Sep 9, 2020
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    I dont understand why this is news...

    Because Trump didn't tell everyone we were all going to die?

    He didn't say anything people on Reddit didn't already know.
     
    HTownMarine, Sep 9, 2020
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    We all knew he was lying...even his supporters knew, the ones who were panty twisting and pearl clutching over the 3 Americans killed in BENGHAZI but are shrugging off almost 190,000 killed by a virus that Trump could have gotten a handle on but chose not to. His sociopathy aside, just how dumb is Sweet Potato Hitler that he was not able to comprehend that if he even pretended to care and actually prevented many unnecessary deaths, he would have scored some points.

    Two words...Herman Caine. Who Trump never even acknowledges so we can just imagine how much he cares about his average supporter.
     
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    Programming?
     
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    Except for the very FACT trump knew it was bad so quit with the lame excuses that dont hold any water trump is a MURDERER.
     
    Kev12345, Sep 9, 2020
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    Nah I've never heard of a President scream panic panic when 26 people have caught the virus(12 of which were Americans from China in quarantine) and your head scientist is saying we've got it under control everyone should keep doing what your supposed to do. We all saw the grocery store runs on everything shortly afterwards causing major issues for this country. Heck I couldn't get toilet paper for a month and we didn't even have a case in the state. Calm and good info from WHO and China would've helped eliminate this thing in the beginning but the way this thing spread there is zero chance it wasn't going to light the US up once the world had it. One virus no country in the world could control, thank god it wasn't very deadly.
     
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    I disagree that Trump lied and this is just a political scam on your part.

    What I get a kick out of is how Biden comes out of hiden acting all tough and stuff, showin' his outrage and all about how Trump allowed this ChinaVirus thing to happen..... yet he has been and will be as quiet as a mouse about the fact China allowed it to happen in the first place!! Of course China is his bread and butter. We're going to hear all about the Russian collusion thingy again this year but complete silence when it comes to China!

    Don't get too excited. There WILL be a backlash about this "feigned outrage"!
     
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    It's news because he knew how dangerous it was but didn't tell the American people how dangerous it was.

    He KNEW and he covered it up.
     
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