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Trump just admitted he downplayed the threat of coronavirus: "I knew it could be horrible"

Tom Brenner/Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday essentially admitted that he downplayed coronavirus at the start.  "I knew everything. I knew it could be horrible, I knew it could be maybe good," Trump .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 31st, 2020

Dr. Birx said she had a "very uncomfortable" phone call with Trump after she did a CNN interview about the pandemic last year

"I knew I was being watched," Dr. Deborah Birx, who worked on Trump's coronavirus taskforce, told CNN in a documentary interview. .....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMar 28th, 2021

Year in review: From downplaying the coronavirus to pushing Congress for $2,000 stimulus checks, here"s how Trump responded to the pandemic

In January, Trump downplayed the pandemic, saying it was "totally u.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytDec 26th, 2020

Bill Gates has been warning of a global health threat for years. Here are 12 people who seemingly predicted the coronavirus pandemic.

Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Bill Gates warned President Trump right before he took office about the possibility of a pandemic,  The Wall Street J.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 13th, 2020

Trump says reopening may result in more deaths, but ‘we can’t sit in the house for the next three years’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday admitted it’s “possible” that reopening the country for business will result in additional coronavirus deaths, but said that the economy has to get going again......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 5th, 2020

World stocks fall further after Trump"s China tariff threat

World stocks pulled back further on Friday on grim U.S. economic data and President Donald Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on China over the coronavirus crisis......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMay 1st, 2020

Stocks fall further after Trump"s China tariff threat

World stocks pulled back further on Friday on grim U.S. economic data, mixed company results and President Donald Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on China over the coronavirus crisis......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMay 1st, 2020

LIVE UPDATES: Trump "failed to register" coronavirus threat after being briefed in January, February

AP Photo/Alex Brandon We'll keep this page updated with the big.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 28th, 2020

Report finds Carnival allowed cruises to sail despite knowing about coronavirus threat

New details are emerging about how cruise lines have handled the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg News reports executives from Carnival knew about the crisis yet continued operations as normal. Bloomberg reporter Austin Carr joins CBSN with details......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralApr 24th, 2020

As his poll ratings tank, Trump is adapting his populist playbook to the coronavirus crisis in a desperate bid to save his presidency

ARIANA DREHSLER/AFP via Getty Images With the coronavirus crisis posing the most serious threat to his reelection prospects.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 21st, 2020

Coronavirus reopening carries high stakes for Trump in 2020 race

A second wave of coronavirus cases would be a major threat to a Trump victory in the 2020 campaign......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsApr 16th, 2020

"Perhaps they knew": Trump goes on a tirade accusing the World Health Organization of a "cover-up" and "mismanagement" of the coronavirus outbreak

Reuters President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that the World Health Organization engaged in a "cover-up" to conceal the spread of the coronavirus. He did not present any evidence. Trump announced this week that .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 15th, 2020

LIVE UPDATES: US Navy evacuates over 80% of USS Theodore Roosevelt crew, Trump retweeted a threat to fire Fauci

Associated Press/Patrick Semansky We'll keep this page updated with the biggest coronavirus headlines of the day. Scroll down fo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 13th, 2020

Pence said Trump never "belittled" the threat of coronavirus, but the president spent weeks downplaying it

Al Drago/Reuters Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday rejected the assessment that President.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 1st, 2020

Mike Pence just said the US is "most comparable" to Italy now after the White House downplayed the coronavirus threat for weeks

Carolyn Kaster/AP Vice President Mike Pence conceded on Wednesday that the US' coronavirus outbreak may be "most comparable" to Italy, the hardest-hit country in the world.  "We think Italy may be the most comparable area to the United States at.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 1st, 2020

Trump spent weeks downplaying the coronavirus — but now thinks keeping US deaths under 100,000 would be "a very good job"

Screenshot/White House President Donald Trump has radically changed his assessment of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus. Trump previously said he hoped to be able to ease social distancing as early as.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 30th, 2020

Jerry Falwell Jr. is keeping Liberty University"s campus open while publicly minimizing the threat of coronavirus

REUTERS/Jonathan Drake Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University and a close ally of President Donald Trump, is keeping campus open as the school's 5,000 students return from spring break. While classes are moving to onli.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 24th, 2020

Trump, who has previously called the coronavirus "a hoax" and compared it to the flu, now says he"s "always viewed it as very serious"

At a White House briefing Tuesday, Trump claimed that he had always taken the threat of coronavirus seriously. In the past, Trump has called the coronavirus a "hoax" used by Demo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 17th, 2020

DHS: Cargo Not Deemed COVID-19 Threat

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that cargo is not part of the latest travel restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus despite mixed messages from President Donald Trump. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMar 12th, 2020

Stock market plunge deepens, S&P 500 enters bear market, as coronavirus" threat to the economy escalates

U.S. stocks tumbled into a bear market Thursday after President Trump banned travel from Europe to stem the economic fallout fro.....»»

Category: topSource: usatodayMar 12th, 2020

5 times Trump and US officials downplayed coronavirus as the administration struggled to prepare for the growing pandemic

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik From clai.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 12th, 2020