President Trump told The Washington Post's Bob Woodward back in February that the emerging novel coronavirus was "deadly" -- speaking in more dire terms than he was publicly at the time -- according to an account of Woodward's new book which also said Trump boasted of building a secret weapons system. The section on Trump's COVID-19 comments generated quick controversy, though the cryptic details on a new weapons system are sure to spark speculation. Woodward reportedly wrote that anonymous sources confirmed there was a secret new weapons system, and the "sources were surprised Trump had disclosed it." “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,” Trump told Woodward during a Feb. 7 call. “I wanted to always play it down,” the president told Woodward in a March conversation.

Source: Fox News September 09, 2020 17:53 UTC