US President Donald Trump holds a press conference on COVID-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13, 2020. AFP / SAUL LOEB
President Donald Trump lashed out at reporter Bob Woodward for revealing his admission that he purposefully downplayed the coronavirus threat.
The president spoke 18 times to the reporter for his new book, "Rage," and Woodward released audio recordings of Trump admitting the virus was much worse than the flu -- which directly contradicts his public statements.
Trump, however, faulted Woodward for not revealing those incriminating statements sooner, and other social media users were astonished by the president's reaction.
