President Trump and the virus
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The Times
4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
It looks like the US will be badly hit by coronavirus. Could President Trump's approach be his downfall?
Guests:
Henry Zeffman, the Washington Correspondent for The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
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| 0:00.0 | The US is now the epicenter of the global pandemic. |
| 0:07.0 | My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak with you |
| 0:15.0 | about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak. And decisions being taken this month in the White House |
| 0:18.0 | will have an effect on millions of lives. |
| 0:30.0 | The early phase was all about spin and now we're in a totally different phase. You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm David Aronovitch. Today, Trump and the virus, the defining moment of a presidency. residency. Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in |
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| 1:12.4 | Picture this. |
| 1:13.0 | Static cars, idling engines, angry horns. |
| 1:18.0 | Now, picture you, zooming past it all, light and breezy. |
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| 1:52.7 | on January the 27th. |
| 1:54.4 | My flight was relatively empty actually. |
| 1:56.6 | Henry Zefman is the Times New Washington correspondent. |
| 1:59.8 | But on my row were two or three people who were wearing masks. |
| 2:09.4 | I remember, you know, that was kind of the level that the story was at at the time which was that I was vaguely aware of this virus that starts in Wuhan and I've been to Wuhan so I sort of took a little bit of an interest in it but but not much more than that. |
| 2:22.1 | It really wasn't a feature of the Democratic presidential contest and then |
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