Posted on 09/18/2020 8:18:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Bob Woodward got nine hours of interview time with President Trump over the course of 10 months for his new book, "Rage." He said it was to the president's "credit" that he let him have so much access to him and interrogate him on several issues. But, before he published it, the author warned Trump that he wouldn't like some of his conclusions. As he finishes his book, Woodward tells his readers that Trump is "the wrong man for the job." And he reiterated that point in his interview on Fox News Channel's The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino on Thursday.
As has been widely reported, Trump told Woodward during one of their interviews that he "played down" the coronavirus because he didn't want to create a panic. Woodward chalked that up to a failure of leadership.
"This is one of the saddest moments for this country," Woodward told Perino, "to have a leader who has failed to tell the truth, who has failed to warn the people."
????PROGRAMMING ALERT????@DanaPerino will interview veteran journalist and “Rage” author Bob Woodward today at 2PM EST.
Be sure to tune in at the top of the hour. pic.twitter.com/n4Ixh1ZoiR— The Daily Briefing (@dailybriefing) September 17, 2020
But Perino pressed him on why he didn't come forward sooner with this information, if it was so important that the American people know. President Trump has asked the same thing.
“I felt strongly in May, when I learned about that January 28 meeting," Woodward replied. "I did not know about that meeting at that point. I -if there was at any point, Dana, here where I could have printed something in The Washington Post - I have access to the editor, Marty Baron, directly, his subeditors, if I think some story should be printed. All the discussion was about China. And, in May, I learned the truth. Quite frankly, when I learned it, I was shocked that the president did not step up in the opportunities he had, like the State of the Union message.”
Nearly as soon as the book controversy broke, Dr. Anthony Fauci went on Fox News to debunk it.
"I didn't see any discrepancies between what we told [Trump] and what he told the public," the doctor explained. Nor did he believe that the president was "distorting" anything.
Still, Woodward told Perino, "I believe, with overwhelming evidence, he is the wrong man for the job."
Asked if Joe Biden is the right man for the job, he said he couldn't answer that because he hasn't spent nearly as much time with him as he has Trump.
did she stand up for Trump? You could easily rebuff his statement.
Wrong man for the job.
This POS wouldn’t know.
Just when she inches back into me liking her again, she does this crap and shows her true anti-trump colors.
Nearly as soon as the book controversy broke, Dr. Anthony Fauci went on Fox News to debunk it.
“I didn’t see any discrepancies between what we told [Trump] and what he told the public,” the doctor explained. Nor did he believe that the president was “distorting” anything.
We have a paradox happening here.
The liberal view is that Trump downplayed the virus and people died. Trump lied, people died, according to the narrative.
But the liberals also love Dr. Fauci, who is contradicting their narrative.
So what happens when contradicting views such as these are expressed? Do the liberals throw Dr. Fauci under the bus? Is it more important to bash Trump than learn the truth?
Woodward’s allegations and his book are a double-decker nothing burger.
He didn’t come forward sooner because he wanted to save it for maximum political effect. That seems clear.
Yikes! A Congresswoman young enough to be my daughter. Gotta let that sink in.
For some reason this posted to the wrong thread. Please ignore.
It is Woodward who is the wrong man for the job.
what ‘overwhelming evidence’? He didn’t want to create a panic?
He’s been a turd since Watergate fell into his lap with a traitor to the country.
PeRINO will always be a Bush League Republican.
Woodward speaks as though a I am expected to give a shiite about what he thinks. So much college freshman level drama and theatrics. Will Woodward ever grow up to be an adult thinker or writer? His essays are as interesting as a freshman composition essay about gender norms.
“...[Trump] is the wrong man for the job.”
Well, Bob, we all have an opinion, but do you really think a befuddled, decrepit old shyster is?
sorry, too late, can’t do.
Yep, the media is forced to contortions to make Lemonade from this Lemon.
No, they ignore Dr. Fauci and say Trump lied people died.
Oh Bob, just die already.
Your own mortality is causing you to relive your Nixon orgasm.
You’ll simply never cum that hard again.
You’re a freak Bob. Worthless. Disgraced.
Enjoy your Matterhorn ride to hell.
“Asked if Joe Biden is the right man for the job, he said he couldn’t answer that because he hasn’t spent nearly as much time with him as he has Trump.”
This one is a real howler. Bet that the Democrats would not let him spend that kind of time with Biden to begin with. Hopefully people here remember how Obama’s people treated Woodward a few years back.
YEs she’s a Bush bootlicker
She is a failed woman. She has no children but has adopted a dog and pretends it is a child
I don’t trust her and I won’t be watching. I would watch if Gutfeld was asking the questions.
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