Ted Johnson Donald Trump lashed out at ABC News’s chief White House correspondent Jon Karl at a press conference, after Karl asked him about the revelations in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book.“Why did you lie to the American people, and why should we trust what you have to say now?” Karl asked.The question was in respond to Trump’s admission to Woodward, recorded in a March 19 interview, that he downplayed the threat of the coronavirus so as to not cause panic.
On Feb. 7, Trump told Woodward that the virus was deadly and dangerous, and could be spread through the air, but during the next month the president minimized its threat in public statements. “That’s a terrible question,” Trump responded to Karl. “And the phraseology.
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