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    Trump Says His Misleading Coronavirus Comments Were Meant To Show 'Strength'

    "I don't want to jump up and down and start screaming, 'Death! Death!' " the president said when asked about why he publicly downplayed the pandemic while privately acknowledging its severity.
    by Alana Wise Sep 10, 2020 2 minutes
    President Trump on Thursday denies that his comments downplaying the severity of the coronavirus to the American public were a "lie."

    President Trump on Thursday defended his decision to mislead the public about the deadliness of the coronavirus as documented in Bob Woodward's new book, declining to call his misstatements about the virus and its spread a "lie" and saying he needed to show "strength" in the face of the crisis.

    "I want to show a level of confidence,

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