While he could not be identified in the video, Acosta later confirmed on Twitter that he was the reporter who asked the question. “What do you say to Americans who are concerned that you’re not taking this seriously enough and that some of your statements don’t match what your health experts are saying?” Acosta asked. Acosta and Trump have sparred on several occasions, and the president has often targeted the reporter and CNN in his attacks on the media. So far, Trump has gone out of his way to downplay COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Trump compared a year’s worth of influenza deaths to a few months of COVID-19 deaths, thereby misleading Americans about the disease’s severity.

Source: Huffington Post March 11, 2020 23:26 UTC