 While I was away last week, there was a scandal regarding Donald Trump that I think is so serious that it should end his presidency Like if this were a functioning democracy and a normal world where there were Consequences for the actions of a lawmaker who is either incompetent or doing something to harm people actively This would have ended his presidency not just his campaign, but his presidency, but because there's no accountability in DC I'm sure that nothing will come of this but I'm referring of course to the Bob Woodward tapes where Donald Trump spoke to him in February and He told him about how serious COVID-19 was that he knew at that time that it was even airborne in certain cases indoors Now we all know that he's been downplaying it this entire time so for him to know that Having known that he knew how serious this was and Him not acting when we're approaching 200,000 deaths due to COVID-19 This is criminal negligence at a minimum So I'm sure everyone has heard this by now, but if not this is what was released from an interview with Bob Woodward Where he not only knew about COVID-19 severity But then he admitted that he tried to downplay it because he didn't want to cause a panic and so what was President she's saying yesterday. Well, we were talking mostly about the virus and I think he's gonna have it in good shape, but you know, it's a very tricky situation. It's Be it goes it goes through air Bob. That's always tougher than the touch You know the touch you don't have to touch things right, but the air you just breathe the air That's how it's passed and so that's a very tricky one. That's a very delicate one It's also more deadly than your You know, you're even your strenuous flues, you know people don't realize we lose 25,000 30,000 people a year here who would ever think that right? I know For this is more deadly this is Five per, you know, this is five percent versus one percent and less than one percent, you know, so this is deadly stuff John I just want all of us to remember we are used to the virus now as use is you can be But if you go back to the beginning of February The American public we thought this was a problem in China the notion of it being airborne Five percent more deadly these are very Specific details that the president had in the very same time period That he is saying it's all gonna go away. That's February 7th. You just played that piece of the conversation He talks about how deadly it is. He said two weeks later 20 days later in India It's a problem. That's going to go away and within a couple of days It's going to be down to zero the president telling Woodward one thing telling the American people in the world It's something very different, but you the interesting part is the president makes no bones about it that he was doing this on purpose That he decided as a strategy not to convey the seriousness of this because he didn't want to quote inside a panic Correct. So Woodward does another interview March 19th. We also have the audio of that again the president in his own words and just to set this up Remember he has been publicly Minimizing the threat to young people not a problem for young people. He still minimizes The threat to young people. So he addresses that and then You'll hear he admits that he's not sharing everything. He knows it's not just old people Bob But just today and yesterday Some startling facts came out. It's not just old old Yeah, exactly people to plenty of young people so Give me a moment of talking to somebody going through this with Fauci or somebody who kind of It caused a pivot in your mind because it's clear just from What's in on the public record that you went through a pivot on this to oh my god the gravity is uh almost Inexplicable and unexplainable. Well, I think Bob really to be honest with you. Sure. I want you to be I wanted to Uh, I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down. Yes Because I don't want to create a panic. Yeah, this should end his presidency every single person should be furious listening to him Talk about how severe covet 19 was back in february Because he bungled it. He knew how severe it was and he didn't act Accordingly to stop it and now 200,000 americans are dead on his watch 200,000 americans every single year. We have a memorial for 9 11 where 3,000 americans died But 200,000 americans are dead on his watch and this president is Possibly gonna get reelected. I mean the polls don't Show that he's in a good position, but He should be resigning like there should be so much pressure on him to resign that it's overwhelming And i'm not saying I want mike penns to be president But 200,000 deaths there's got to be some accountability And the fact that there's not shows you how broken our political system is this is criminal negligence at a minimum at a minimum And I don't care if you're a trump supporter Or you know, I don't care who you are like this is not political 200,000 americans have died And had he acted sooner and more competently he could have saved thousands of lives So the fact that his own supporters are letting him get away with this when we know they wouldn't let obama get away With the same thing it shows you that this is a cult if you support donald trump till this day You are anti-american. You are in a cult. You are brainwashed Now joe biden's response to this actually was pretty spot-on. He says that this is basically um criminal possibly And i'm glad he said that but trump's response to um joe biden saying That this was possibly criminally negligent was no you that's what he said in an interview with janine puro When she asked him about the bob woodward tapes joe biden has indicated after the uh Woodward information came out that your handling of the corona virus and that situation was not only Despicable, but it's almost criminal. What do you say to joe biden? I think a statement like that is criminal because we did a much better job than he could ever have done as you know He was months later before he even thought the ban was a good thing and ultimately he had to apologize for what he did We would have lost hundreds of thousands of lives and what i said to woodward was actually good I said calm we need calm. We don't need panic They want me to jump up and down and start screaming is everyone going to die is everyone good? That's not what leadership is about i'm a cheerleader for the country. We need calm That's all i've said and by the way that was done After that was done after i had already banned china right from coming into the country that was in february So i did to ban january 31st. So jinnie and i took tremendous steps everybody knew how i feel Otherwise i wouldn't be banning china then shortly thereafter i banned europe We saved hundreds of thousands of lives with each one of those bans And say probably two or two and a half million lives by doing what we did early mr. President joe biden says that your response to this was criminal What do you say to that? Uh, i think that him saying that i was criminal is criminal. No you Any statement is not criminal because we have something called the first amendment which donald trump doesn't like in spite of him claiming that he supports the first amendment but What a laughable response joe biden is right Your response was criminal And your excuse of a why didn't want to cause the panic Is bullshit Your entire presidency is fear mongering and an attempt to cause the panic So that way people are afraid and they think that republicans will protect them I mean you want us to panic over black lives matter and antifa And everything else but you didn't want us to panic over something that actually ended up killing 200 000 americans I don't buy it. I don't buy it and basically he defends himself by referencing the travel ban from china But here's the thing you don't get to use that as a defense because had you not downplayed the severity of the virus Maybe more people would have actually understood your reasoning for the ban in the first place And not just thought that at the time you were using corona virus as an excuse to be more xenophobic and institute more xenophobic Policies after you've spent years doing just that fear mongering about immigrants and migrant caravans from latin america I mean everything you do has been an attempt to cause fear and hysteria You literally instituted a muslim ban from certain countries So I mean had you actually been up front with the american people and explained to us how severe this was Maybe people wouldn't have thought that you were being xenophobic If you explained look, I know that you all think that i'm xenophobic But we really need a travel ban from everywhere because this is super serious Maybe people would have understood it, but you told us there was nothing to worry about So when you say there's nothing to worry about but we need a travel ban Is it really preposterous to think that you're just using this as an excuse to be more xenophobic? Of course it isn't so I mean that's not an excuse like you saying I wanted a travel ban is not an excuse We needed to shut down the fucking country shut down the economy Institute a nationwide face mask mandate, which you still won't do but you didn't do it and 200 000 americans died And now you're insulted that people are saying that what you did was criminally negligent You are the leader of the country. Of course what you did was negligent at a minimum So I mean this really should end his Presidency he should be residing like there should be at least pressure on him to resign But the fact that he's not even experiencing a modicum of pressure shows you how fucked up and dysfunctional our country is If a president can bungle a pandemic so bad that at least 200 000 americans dying And he's not even concerned about people calling on him to step down It shows you that our government Fundamentally is broken because any leader That sees 200 000 of their own citizens dead on under their watch That leader should be fearing for their ass Fearing that people aren't going to demand that he leave immediately and drag him out of the white house it's just honestly baffling to me and Bob Woodward on another note to hang on to these tapes sit on them for so long Just because you want to sell a book that's really fucked up because this is information that the public needed to know But because you wanted to sell your book and you wanted to release this at the correct time That was convenient for you. I mean that's another aspect of the story But I mean everyone should just be mad that the president knew how severe covet 19 was And he intentionally lied to us and now 200 000 americans died as a result When if he actually acted Competently and told us how serious it was maybe more people would have survived He's a piece of shit and anyone who defends him at this point is uh Delusional that's the nicest way I can put it Mike is the worst progressive on youtube. Please don't subscribe to him or become a patron David Dole is so much better. Trust me folks. He's doing a great job He really is okay