He was speaking from the White House briefing room, where he'd assembled reporters ahead of an evening campaign rally in Michigan. And he pondered why Woodward -- who is not the president -- wouldn't have disclosed earlier what he said. "Such a terrible question and phraseology," Trump responded when asked why he lied to the American people about the seriousness of Covid-19. "As Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' Many of their conversations occurred without the knowledge of White House officials, sometimes at night when Trump was in his residence.

Source: CNN September 10, 2020 21:41 UTC