(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 10 SEPTEMBER - "I did not lie. What I said is that we should not panic": Donald Trump thus defended himself in a briefing at the White House from the accusation of having hidden the seriousness of the coronavirus, as revealed in the book by Bob Woodward.
"Yours is an unfortunate question" attacked the ABC reporter who asked him "why he lied" to the Americans.
Trump then raised the question of why Woodward did not first disclose his revelations if they could save lives.
Shortly thereafter, the president returned to attack Joe Biden, accusing him of using the pandemic "for political games". Prompt the opponent's reply: "The virus is not DonaldTrump's fault" but the deaths caused by the pandemic are because he could have done "something instead" he was saying that there was no need for social distancing or to wear a mask and see what happened ". (HANDLE).