Donald Trump has blamed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward for sitting on the US President's knowledge of how deadly coronavirus was four months ago.
Trump spoke to Woodward in a series of taped phone calls in February for his upcoming book Rage. According to the newly released recordings of interviews done for which, Trump acknowledged he knew how deadly and contagious the coronavirus was but played it down because he did not want to create a panic.
The president - who must overcome Democrat nominee Joe Biden at the November elections to secure a second term in office - has since repeatedly defended his remarks. "I thought it would be interesting to talk to him for a period of calls so we did that," he said, justifying why he spoke to