Trump blames Bob Woodward for not warning 'the authorities' about the deadly coronavirus

Kerry Eleveld

Daily Kos Staff

Thursday September 10, 2020 · 1:44 PM PDT

2020/09/10 · 13:44

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a news conference at the White House July 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that Eastman Kodak will receive funds to manufacture ingredients used in pharmaceuticals to combat the coronavirus. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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In an absolute political wipeout of a press conference Thursday, Donald Trump argued that journalist Bob Woodward should have “immediately” warned the American people about how dangerous the coronavirus was, and also admitted that China was more honest about the virus than he was.

Asked why he didn’t tell the public the virus was airborne, Trump responded: "If Bob Woodward thought what I said was bad, then he should have immediately, right after I said it, gone out to the authorities so they can prepare and let them know."

In the same bite, Trump argued that "everybody knew it was airborne” in early February, at the time of his interview with Woodward. Everybody didn’t know, but according to Trump, they should have because … wait for it … China told them.

“China said it was airborne earlier than the statements I made,” Trump admitted, while simultaneously arguing that the death and destruction caused by the virus was all China’s fault.

Wow, here I thought China was responsible but come to find out China was actually far more honest and forthcoming than Trump. Revelatory.

Trump also explained why he didn’t tell Americans the truth about the lethal nature of the pandemic. "There has to be a calmness—you don’t want me jumping up and down, screaming there's going to be great death ... and really causing some very very serious problems for the country."

Okay, I take that to mean 190,000 deaths and counting isn’t a “very very serious problem” in Trump’s view.

Watch it.

Trump says if Bob Woodward thought his comments about COVID were bad, then Bob Woodward should have gone and warned “the authorities” so they could’ve taken action.

The president of the United States said that. https://t.co/hykkfVxlhW
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 10, 2020

Trump blames Bob Woodward for not warning 'the authorities' about the deadly coronavirus

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