‘I Didn’t Lie,’ Trump Asserts About Seriousness of Coronavirus
“I didn’t lie,” U.S. President Donald Trump bluntly responded at a White House news conference Thursday after a reporter asked him, “Why did you lie to the American people?” The question from ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl came in the wake of audio released by journalist and author Bob Woodward, to whom Trump acknowledged early this year he wanted to play down the threat from the coronavirus. “I don’t want to jump up and down screaming, ‘Death. Death,’ ” Trump replied to justify intentionally misleading the country about the severity of COVID-19. He called Karl’s question disrespectful andmore
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