Where's the News?
On April 1, Trump said this to the press: “Somebody said, ‘Oh, I wish he’d be more negative.’ … Well, this is really easy to be negative about. But I want to give people hope too. I’m a cheerleader for the country. We’re going through the worst thing.”
Where's the News?
Trump was very open on April 1, as he was with Woodward, that he whitewashed the seriousness of the issue because he did not want to cause panic. There was an entire news cycle with headlines like, “Trump just acknowledged downplaying the coronavirus threat."
Carl 'Worse Than Watergate' Bernstein is Agitated ... Again!
Yet reporter Bernstein, Woodward’s Watergate colleague, is out there claiming the newly released tapes from Feb, April, and May are supposedly worse than the Nixon tapes, which is impressive for a twice-baked story.
Once Again, Where's the Fucking News?
Woodward knew what every man, woman, and child in the country who was paying attention to the President knew that the coronavirus was serious but the President was openly cheerleading the nation through a tough time.
For the Last Time, Where's the News?
Here's Trump in his own words in early April, explaining in a national broadcast, very clearly and openly that he is a cheerleader for the country, even as he takes coronavirus very seriously. Crystal clear!
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