(CNN) Starting in late March, President Donald Trump began touting Easter Sunday as the day that America should reopen after the nationwide coronavirus quarantine. And that conversation, of course, came almost a month after Trump told Woodward on March 19 that he "wanted to always play [the virus] down." So, here's what we know:Trump told Woodward he purposely played down the severity of the virus to the public in mid-March. The day AFTER Trump's proposed Easter reopening, from which he eventually backed down, Trump told Woodward how "easily transmissible" the virus was. In fact, Trump was publicly encouraging a return to normal even as he was privately telling Woodward that Covid-19 was incredibly infectious.

Source: CNN September 15, 2020 15:22 UTC