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About 200,000 Americans have died from the pandemic. Trump told Bob Woodward in early Feb. it was “deadly stuff” — more fatal than the flu. But he covered it up to the public. He told Woodward later, "I wanted to always play it down.” In new Woodward book. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
2. In one interview, Woodward suggested that privileged white men of their generation should try to understand the anger of Black Americans. “No," Trump said in a mocking tone. “You really drank the Kool-Aid, didn’t you? Just listen to you. Wow. No, I don’t feel that at all.”
3. The Woodward book appears to portray Kushner as the 2nd worst person in the WH. Wash Post: Woodward writes that Kushner advised people that one of the most important guiding texts to understand the Trump presidency was “Alice in Wonderland.” He singled out the Cheshire cat.
4. As DC discusses @JeffreyGoldberg story in The Atlantic: "Not to mention my fucking generals are a bunch of pussies. They care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals,” Trump told White House trade adviser Peter Navarro at one point, according to Woodward.
5. Details on Trump & Kim Jong-un: Trump was awestruck meeting Kim in 2018 in Singapore, thinking, “Holy shit,” and finding Kim to be “far beyond smart.” Trump also boasted to Woodward that Kim “tells me everything,” including a graphic account of Kim having his uncle killed.
6. CNN has audio excerpts here from Woodward’s taped interviews with Trump, in which Trump privately told Woodward in Feb. the new coronavirus was “deadly” and later said he always wanted to cover that up and hide it from the public. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html
