“In my discussions, and the discussions of other (White House coronavirus) task force members with the President, we’re talking about the reality of what was going on. “I don’t recall anything different than in our discussions that we had with the President, that he said things quite similar, publicly,” Fauci said, adding that he hasn’t read the book. “And for epidemics, those key principles of being honest and telling people what you know when you know it, that's essential, not just for talking points - that's essential for what people do to stop the spread of a deadly virus.” “We have to be able to trust or we can't control the pandemic,” he added. “What are people going to think when people talk about the vaccine?” he asked. We didn't take it seriously, we didn’t shut down soon enough in some places and other places we shut down too soon, too long.”įrieden’s comments follow revelations in a new book by investigative journalist Bob Woodward and recordings from his interviews with Trump that show the President intentionally downplayed the deadly threat from coronavirus early in the pandemic.įrieden said the revelations could hurt the country’s effort in getting people immunized when a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available. “What that means is we didn't start wearing masks when we should have. “If you think about those five things, none of them have been done, not first, not right, not credible, not empathetic and not giving people things to do,” he said. “The first be right, be credible, be empathetic, give people practical, useful things to do,” Frieden said. “The US is a global laggard in our response.”įrieden said there is a clear and proven means of communication in a health emergency. The audiobook also includes Woodward's discussions with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and national security adviser Robert O'Brien.“This has been a failed federal response,” Frieden told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. and Vice President Mike Pence are among those who stopped by while Woodward and the president were speaking. “I wanted to put as much of Trump’s voice, his own words, out there for the historical record so people can hear and make their own assessments.”įormer first lady Melania Trump, Donald Trump Jr. “I’m doing something here that I’ve never done before, presenting the lengthy, raw interviews of my work,” Woodward comments in the introduction.

Woodward then interviewed the then-president 19 times in 2019-2020 for his bestselling book on the Trump administration, “Rage.” Woodward, along with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa, interviewed Trump in 2016, when he was seeking the Republican nomination for president. Simon & Schuster Audio announced Tuesday that “The Trump Tapes” will be published Oct. NEW YORK - More than eight hours of conversations between Donald Trump and Bob Woodward will be released next week as an audiobook.

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