CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Why did you lie to the American people? And why should we trust what you have to say now?”]
“Such a terrible question and the phraseology. I didn’t lie. What I said is: We have to be calm; we can’t be panicked…
And your question — the way you phrased that is such a disgrace…
We’re going to get through this [coronavirus]. And we’re, right now, I hope — really think we’re going to — we’re rounding the final turn. And a lot of good things are happening with vaccines and with therapeutics, but there’s no lying. And the way you ask that question is very disgraceful.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 10, 2020
[Note: The reporter is referring to quotes about coronavirus made by Donald Trump in interviews with Bob Woodward on Feb. 7, 2020 and Mar. 19, 2020.]