Mileage Psycho Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Play it down; What a piece of shit our president is. At the link you can hear the asshole say it all in his own words and voice. Quote 'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Rage." "This is deadly stuff," Trump told Woodward on February 7. In a series of interviews with Woodward, Trump revealed that he had a surprising level of detail about the threat of the virus earlier than previously known. "Pretty amazing," Trump told Woodward, adding that the coronavirus was maybe five times "more deadly" than the flu. Trump's admissions are in stark contrast to his frequent public comments at the time insisting that the virus was "going to disappear" and "all work out fine." The book, using Trump's own words, depicts a President who has betrayed the public trust and the most fundamental responsibilities of his office. In "Rage," Trump says the job of a president is "to keep our country safe." But in early February, Trump told Woodward he knew how deadly the virus was, and in March, admitted he kept that knowledge hidden from the public. "I wanted to always play it down," Trump told Woodward on March 19, even as he had declared a national emergency over the virus days earlier. "I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." If instead of playing down what he knew, Trump had acted decisively in early February with a strict shutdown and a consistent message to wear masks, social distance and wash hands, experts believe that thousands of American lives could have been saved. The startling revelations in "Rage," which CNN obtained ahead of its September 15 release, were made during 18 wide-ranging interviews Trump gave Woodward from December 5, 2019 to July 21, 2020. The interviews were recorded by Woodward with Trump's permission, and CNN has obtained copies of some of the audio tapes. "Rage" also includes brutal assessments of Trump's presidency from many of his former top national security officials, including former Defense Secretary James Mattis, former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mattis is quoted as calling Trump "dangerous" and "unfit" to be commander in chief. Woodward writes that Coats "continued to harbor the secret belief, one that had grown rather than lessened, although unsupported by intelligence proof, that Putin had something on Trump." Woodward continues, writing that Coats felt, "How else to explain the president's behavior? Coats could see no other explanation." The book also contains harsh evaluations of the President's leadership on the virus from current officials. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the administration's top infectious disease expert, is quoted telling others Trump's leadership was "rudderless" and that his "attention span is like a minus number." "His sole purpose is to get reelected," Fauci told an associate, according to Woodward. 'The virus has nothing to do with me' Woodward reveals new details on the early warnings Trump received -- and often ignored. In a January 28 top secret intelligence briefing, national security adviser Robert O'Brien gave Trump a "jarring" warning about the virus, telling the President it would be the "biggest national security threat" of his presidency. Trump's head "popped up," Woodward writes. O'Brien's deputy, Matt Pottinger, concurred, telling Trump it could be as bad as the influenza pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including 675,000 Americans. Pottinger warned Trump that asymptomatic spread was occurring in China: He had been told 50% of those infected showed no symptoms. At that time, there were fewer than a dozen reported coronavirus cases in the US. Three days later, Trump announced restrictions on travel from China, a move suggested by his national security team -- despite Trump's later claims that he alone backed the travel limitations. Nevertheless, Trump continued to publicly downplay the danger of the virus. February was a lost month. Woodward views this as a damning missed opportunity for Trump to reset "the leadership clock" after he was told this was a "once-in-a-lifetime health emergency." "Presidents are the executive branch. There was a duty to warn. To listen, to plan, and to take care," Woodward writes. But in the days following the January 28 briefing, Trump used high-profile appearances to minimize the threat and, Woodward writes, "to reassure the public they faced little risk." During a pre-Super Bowl interview on Fox News February 2, Trump said, "We pretty much shut it down coming in from China." Two days later during his State of the Union address, Trump made only a passing reference to the virus, promising, "my administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat." Asked by Woodward in May if he remembered O'Brien's January 28 warning that the virus would be the biggest national security threat of his presidency, Trump equivocated. "No, I don't." Trump said. "I'm sure if he said it — you know, I'm sure he said it. Nice guy." The rest of the story at the link. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mileage Psycho Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, hayward said: What's so funny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Mileage Psycho said: What's so funny? you, what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Anyone watch the Cohen interview? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, hayward said: you, what else? So you're OK with Trump lying to the public. What's your IQ, I'm guessing sub 80 seeing that you're such a simpleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: So you're OK with Trump lying to the public. What's your IQ, I'm guessing sub 80 seeing that you're such a simpleton. hindsights 20/20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted September 9, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 What a fucking shitbag Trump is...damn maybe Cuomo was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s pump Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Come on Vince......it's a sled site. You still ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted September 9, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) It’s weird how books full of fiction in an effort to sell books become non fiction to some. These people that write these books or are the focus have a incentive to make shit up for sure. If they didn’t make stuff up for their books they would lose money on making books. Playing it down to prevent panic is fine. Playing it up wouldn’t have reduced deaths. Edited September 9, 2020 by BOHICA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roosting Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 does anyone remember the run on shit paper? Now just imagine if trump went out there and said everyone is at risk with a 1 in 5 chance of dying if you got the covid. Shit would have gone off the fucking hook. A responsible leader would discuss the issue but attempt to down play it as much as possible to quell any karen over reaction to something they really have zero clue to the severity of the virus. Just like como and nancy telling everyone to go out just like they always do with no fear. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted September 9, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Roosting said: does anyone remember the run on shit paper? Now just imagine if trump went out there and said everyone is at risk with a 1 in 5 chance of dying if you got the covid. Shit would have gone off the fucking hook. A responsible leader would discuss the issue but attempt to down play it as much as possible to quell any karen over reaction to something they really have zero clue to the severity of the virus. Just like como and nancy telling everyone to go out just like they always do with no fear. No shit. Cuomo was having his people run around to rural hospitals stealing their ventilators in a panic just to hord them just incase 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 54 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: What's so funny? What's funny is how stupid you are. Covid isn't more deadly than the Flu well unless you label anyone who dies with covid a covid death. If they labeled everyone who died during the flu season that died with the flu but of the flu you would see 200K deaths annually from the flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s pump Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Roosting said: does anyone remember the run on shit paper? Now just imagine if trump went out there and said everyone is at risk with a 1 in 5 chance of dying if you got the covid. Shit would have gone off the fucking hook. A responsible leader would discuss the issue but attempt to down play it as much as possible to quell any karen over reaction to something they really have zero clue to the severity of the virus. Just like como and nancy telling everyone to go out just like they always do with no fear. No, no, no. If POTUS said, "we're locking this bitch down for 8 months", the public would have gone into full melt down. Went from 14 days which sounded absurd to Blue States still trying to keep it locked down. Down playing it and feeding it out slowly kept the lemmings off the cliff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Can anyone remember the media actively trying to take out Obama months before his election? Mind you this interview was on March 19th. Why are they releasing it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roosting Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Benghazi was a right wing conspiracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtssrx Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franks pond Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Anyone watch the Cohen interview? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted September 9, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said: What a fucking shitbag Trump is...damn maybe Cuomo was right. The entire political leadership played it down at first, you know this. The Dems criticised Trump for closing the borders and then a few weeks later said he didn't bo it soon enough. Cuomo is a lying shitbag, just as bad as Trump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Kivalo said: The entire political leadership played it down at first, you know this. The Dems criticized Trump for closing the borders and then a few weeks later said he didn't bo it soon enough. Cuomo is a lying shitbag, just as bad as Trump. Jimmy doesn't like the truth, especially if it paints Trump in a good light. No, Jimmy, searches high and low and will use all means necessary, even if that means fake news stories, to make Trump look bad. TDS is a strange disorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted September 9, 2020 Gold Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 minute ago, irv said: Jimmy doesn't like the truth, especially if it paints Trump in a good light. No, Jimmy, searches high and low and will use all means necessary, even if that means fake news stories, to make Trump look bad. TDS is a strange disorder. It's no secret Jimmy doesn't like Trump but Jimmy is no shill for the never trumpers or the Dems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 america can't handle the truth so not reason to tell them it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F3600 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 in hindsight, considering how obscenely wrong initial and later predictive models were and still are, almost anything can be second guessed. Interestlingly, all the predictions gone down, I've yet to see one that is going higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Trump should be playing it down now ... & tell people to take off the stupid fuckin masks. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted September 9, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, irv said: Jimmy doesn't like the truth, especially if it paints Trump in a good light. No, Jimmy, searches high and low and will use all means necessary, even if that means fake news stories, to make Trump look bad. TDS is a strange disorder. So Trump didn’t downplay it...that wasn’t his voice on the tape? BTW I didn’t start the thread so you’re 0-2 but keep swinging for the fences and hoping for another pat on the head.🤣 Edited September 9, 2020 by Jimmy Snacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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