The books professing dark revelations about President Trump appear to be lined up from here to Election Day, like aircraft heading into LaGuardia. This week it’s Bob Woodward’s turn, with the big news reportedly being that Mr. Trump told him in a taped conversation on Feb. 7 that he had played down the coronavirus despite knowing it was “deadly stuff.”This is not news. We know Mr. Trump played down the virus threat at the time because he said so publicly many times. Mr. Trump now says he was trying to keep people from panicking. He has undersold the virus risks and oversold his own achievements when what the public has wanted all along is the candid reality.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 10, 2020 23:26 UTC