In Woodward's upcoming book on Trump, "Rage," the president is quoted saying the virus was highly contagious and "deadly stuff" at a time he was publicly dismissing it as no worse than the flu. Woodward, the celebrated Washington Post journalist and bestselling author, spoke with Trump more than a dozen times for his book.
The issue of daily journalists presenting newsworthy information in books isn't new. The competition for attention is intense, and headlines help boost sales and guest shots for interviews. Reporter Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times recently attracted attention for his book, "Donald Trump v. The United States," by reporting new details on an unannounced visit by Trump to Walter Reed military hospital in November 2019.
Political figures with book deals also have been chastised for holding back timely material. Former national security adviser John Bolton, whose scathing memoir "The Room Where It Happened" came out in June, declined discussing Trump's actions towards Ukraine while the impeachment hearings were being held earlier this year.
"If I had done the story at that time about what he knew in February, that's not telling us anything we didn't know," Woodward said. At that point, he said, the issue was no longer one of public health but of politics. His priority became getting the story out before the election in November.
I like the part where Trump details the new secret atomic bomb products they have developed but was quickly erased from video tape and print due to it's ultra classified rating. In view he is President means he can see all this stuff and sometimes blurbs it all out.
Selling books.
So the fact Fauci said Trump did not misrepresent what he was told means nothing?
Prepare for a new 'bombshell' every few days until the election. Democrats can't run on policy, it's always 'orange man bad' and the media is more than happy to play along.
Can't wait to read about the confessions of treason in those pages. Because we know fake felon-loving CTV news won't be talking about it.
To sell his book
Have comments ever stopped a stopped a cult?
Dr. Fauci 'I didn't see any discrepancies between what we told [Trump] and what he told the public.' End of Woodward story
Trump would just BSed his way thought it in the early stages when the body count way a lot lower. Like Trump always dose and it most likely wouldn't have changed much is my guess
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