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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Monday, July 06, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Trump acknowledged to Bob Woodward how deadly COVID-19 was as he publicly claimed it didn’t pose a major threatAlex HendersonSeptember 9, 2020 7:16PM (UTC)This article originally appeared on AlterNet. On Wednesday, more details emerged about veteran/author Bob Woodward's new book, ''Rage,'' which is based in part on a series of interviews with President Donald Trump from December 2019-July 2020 and is due out on September 15 — and one of the most damning revelations is that Trump, in February, acknowledged to Woodward how deadly COVID-19 was even when he was publicly claiming that it didn't pose a major threat to the United States. On February 7, according to the book, Trump told Woodward, ''This is deadly stuff.'' And during a March 19 conversation, Trump told Woodward, ''I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic.'

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