If you want to know why President Trump didn’t tell the American people what he knew about the coronavirus when he knew it — that it was much worse than even a “strenuous flu,” that it was airborne and extremely deadly — his explanation is quite simple: He did not want anyone to panic. He wanted people to keep calm.
That is his way! A calm, steady leadership that does not want anyone to be alarmed..... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/11/relax-do-not-panic-donald-trump-is-charge/
On September 9, CNN and The Washington Post reported that Donald Trump had privately acknowledged to journalist Bob Woodward the seriousness of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 last winter while also acknowledging that he wanted to downplay the pandemic.
Fox News personalities immediately and repeatedly whitewashed the revelations, instead defending Trump, claiming the real problem is that he talked to Woodward at all, and portraying Trump as the hero for misleading the American public. https://youtu.be/5GiPH_Fk5lw
President Trump’s head popped up during his top-secret intelligence briefing in the Oval Office on Jan. 28 when the discussion turned to the coronavirus outbreak in China.
“This will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency,” national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien told Trump, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward. “This is going to be the roughest thing you face.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html
President Donald Trump in recent days shared tweets depicting Black people as violent and asked why people weren't protesting over it, which came amid nationwide demonstrations over racism and police brutality. These tweets echoed the rhetoric of white supremacists, and are part of a broader strategy from Trump to exploit fear and prejudice as he fights to salvage his vulnerable reelection campaign. .... https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-turning-to-white-supremacist-rhetoric-amid-panic-over-reelection-2020-6