The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 13, 2020, 09:40:58 pm
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Pam Key 13 Sep 2020
Author Bob Woodward said President Donald Trump failed with his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic early on during a preview of his interview that will air tonight on CBS’s “60 Minutes.â€
Host Scott Pelley asked, “Did the president ever disclose to you why he wasn’t telling the public what the stakes were with the coronavirus?â€
Woodward said, “I think he did not understand the American public. He said, ‘Well, I don’t want to create a panic.’ We know from history when the public is told the truth, they organize. We have a problem. We’re going to step up. And Trump thought, ‘Oh, well, they’ll panic.’ When there’s a crisis, when the president, particularly, they know something, it’s time to tell the public in some form. He failed.â€
Pelley said, “You write in the book that the president’s handling of the virus reflects his instincts, habits, and style. What are those?â€
Woodward said, “Denial, making up his own facts.â€
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/13/bob-woodward-trump-failed-on-pandemic-by-not-being-more-forthcoming-early-on/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/13/bob-woodward-trump-failed-on-pandemic-by-not-being-more-forthcoming-early-on/)
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Woodward has no memory of what happened that weekend in mid-March when all the cancellations started flying. There WAS a panic. Ask any grocery store clerk.