Trump received and ignored warnings about the coronavirus in January and February, says Washington Post.
US President Donald Trump received warnings on several occasions about the dangers of the new coronavirus in January and February, reports The Washington Post. Despite this, the White House incumbent downplayed the epidemic.
247 - The Washington Post reported on Tuesday (28) that US President Donald Trump received warnings, included in confidential daily reports, about the coronavirus, at a time when he was downplaying the threat of the disease.
The Post, based on statements from unnamed current and former U.S. government officials, claims that the warnings were included in the daily summary of the most important world problems and security threats sent to the president.
According to several sources interviewed by the newspaper, the president generally does not read the reports and dislikes listening to oral summaries.
The president only declared a national emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 13, at a time when the stock market was experiencing a sharp decline and the number of cases was increasing in New York.
As of Monday (27), the United States had recorded 56.144 deaths from coronavirus and 988.197 infected, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
information of AFP.