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Pivot
The podcast speakers discussed Woodward's book about Trump, focusing on Trump's understanding of the science behind COVID-19 and his decision to downplay the virus's severity. They debated the ethical implications of Woodward's reporting and whether he should have released the information sooner.
Trump sounds very intelligent on those, on those tapes. Right? He knows what he knows the science. He understands it.
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The podcast speakers discussed Woodward's book about Trump, focusing on Trump's understanding of the science behind COVID-19 and his decision to downplay the virus's severity. They debated the ethical implications of Woodward's reporting and whether he should have released the information sooner.
Trump sounds very intelligent on those, on those tapes. Right? He knows what he knows the science. He understands it.
He understands the problem. He's appropriately concerned.
You know the problem and you absolutely mendacious. You're a mendacious liar with, you know, he lied and people died.
if he'd said, look, we need to play it down to keep America calm, but at the same time, we need to behind the scenes, rally the troops and all resources and the full force credit and horsepower of the federal government to attack this.
it was like let's just downplay it. It just, the word downplaying is not a good word.