Woodward: Trump Knew Virus Was Deadly But Wanted To Play it Down
b'President Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward that he knew early on that the coronavirus was \\u201cdeadly stuff\\u201d but did not share that information with the public, saying he did not want to cause panic. Woodward recorded the interviews for his upcoming book \\u201cRage\\u201d.\\xa0 \\u201cI wanted to always play it down,\\u201d Trump told Woodward. We\\u2019ll talk about the president\\u2019s remarks and other revelations from Woodward\\u2019s book with NPR\\u2019s Ron Elving.'