Trump says downplaying coronavirus threat showed 'strength as a leader'

President Trump on Thursday defended comments he made to journalist Bob Woodward about the coronavirus, telling reporters at the White House that if what he said was "so bad," Woodward "should have immediately gone out publicly, not wait for months." For his new book, Rage, Woodward interviewed Trump 18 times. In February and March, Trump privately told Woodward the virus was deadlier than "the most strenuous flu," and he wanted to "play it down" so he wouldn't "create a panic." Publicly, Trump ...