Audio files prove: Trump knowingly downplayed corona risk

Donald Trump always publicly compares the novel coronavirus with the flu.

Audio recordings from the spring have now emerged, according to which the US president has deliberately downplayed the real danger.

• According to Donald Trump, the novel coronavirus is by no means more deadly than the flu.

• Audio recordings of an interview from the spring now reveal that the US president is deliberately downplaying the danger.

• That calls Joe Biden on the scene.

Washington - Donald Trump * allowed himself to be carried away with a sensational confession in the middle of the Corona crisis, but also in the hot election campaign.

In his own words, the US President

deliberately downplayed

the

Sars-CoV-2 * so as not to cause panic.

At the same time, excerpts from an interview with journalist Bob Woodward published on Wednesday showed that Trump was informed at the beginning of February that the

and has a higher death rate than the flu.

During this time, however, he publicly referred to the low number of cases in the United States and repeatedly claimed that the virus would simply go away over time.

In the United States, around 190,000 people died after contracting the

- in part because they did not take warnings from experts and precautionary measures such as masks seriously.

Trump on corona risk: US President with honest words to Watergate journalist

Woodward has enjoyed legendary status in US journalism since he and colleague Carl Bernstein played a pivotal role in the

that cost President Richard Nixon the job in 1974.

His

(for example: anger) will not appear until next week.

The broadcaster “CNN” reported on the book in advance and also published short audio recordings from the interviews.

Among other things, you can hear Trump saying after the introduction on March 19, “To be honest with you, Bob”: “I always wanted to downplay it.

I still like to downplay it because I

. "

Trump on corona risk: Statements do not match public instructions

In a conversation on February 7, Trump said, according to the recordings: "This is

." People don't have to touch contact surfaces to become infected: "You just breathe in air, and that's how it is transmitted." The disease is also

, which kills 25,000 to 30,000 Americans each year.

"Who would have ever thought that, right?" Remarked the President.

Meanwhile, at a press conference in the White House at the end of February, Trump spoke of the importance of washing your hands often and not touching every handle - and that you should treat the disease in the same way

.

Trump's

did not deny the authenticity of the recordings.

A few weeks before the US presidential elections *, she said at the same time: "The President has never lied to the American public about Covid." But one of his tasks is to ensure that the population

.

“The president

the

.

The president was calm.

He was hopeful, ”said McEnany.

At the same time, he took measures early on, such as restricting entry from China.

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Blames Donald Trump for tens of thousands of dead: Joe Biden steps on the gas in the election campaign.

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Trump and the Corona danger: Biden blames the US President for tens of thousands of deaths

Meanwhile, Trump's challenger in the White House race, Joe Biden *, attacked the president sharply.

“He knew how deadly it was and deliberately downplayed it.

Worse still, he

. "Tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if Trump had acted faster, Biden said.

Meanwhile, Trump is proposed by a European politician for the Nobel Peace Prize - Barack Obama is also getting fat.

At a press conference, the US president clashed with a journalist - because he was wearing a mask.

Shortly before, Trump had publicly attacked the Democrats for scare tactics.