He spoke about the "catastrophic failure" of the American president in managing "Corona"

Bob Woodward: Trump might win the presidential election

Journalist Bob Woodward.

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Contrary to several views ... American journalist Bob Woodward, who is famous for his distinctive coverage of the Watergate scandal, which toppled President Richard Nixon, believes that Trump will likely win the presidential election.

He also spoke, in an exclusive interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, about President Trump's "catastrophic" handling of the Coronavirus, and the results of the upcoming elections, and the following are excerpts from the interview:

- Polls strongly indicate that Trump may lose the elections on November 3 ... What is your comment on that?

- He might win .. A number of people think that is not possible, I do not believe the polls, I have talked to him at great length about this matter .. Have you read Barbara Tuckman's book "The Rifles of August"?

It is a book that talks about the outbreak of the First World War ..!

Yes, Barbara Tuchman notes that the old order in Europe was dying out before the war, but people didn't realize it.

And I think in 2016, in this country, the old regime was also dying.

And both parties failed to understand that moment.

They did not understand the stated and unstated opinions of the public.

And I think Trump has the power of intuition, not thought, he understood this intuitively.

And so he won.

I talked to him about it, and he said: "Yes, I did."

He said he would do it again.

You came to the conclusion in your book that Trump is the wrong man for the presidency - why?

I concluded that there was conclusive evidence of his catastrophic failure to manage the virus.

In a high-secrecy meeting with his National Security Adviser, Robert O'Brien and others, on January 28, he was informed in the clearest terms that the epidemic was coming to the country, and that it would be like the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 675,000 people in this country.

50 million people died from that epidemic a century ago.

Instead of informing the public, she covered it up.

Do you have any explanation for his behavior?

I think, after spending nine hours talking to him this year, he doesn't understand his responsibility to protect his people as president, his responsibility to tell the truth, and his moral responsibility for the duties of the presidency.

I know some Republican senators who admit that Trump is the wrong man in the job, but they don't say it publicly, and are silent.

Based on the evidence I have, I will not join the ranks of the silent.

Can Trump be compared, in any case, to Richard Nixon?

Nixon was a criminal, and I wrote about it, and this is proven by his secret records.

No one has proven Trump to be a criminal.

Yes, there are a lot of questions, and there is the Mueller investigation, accountability, but no one has ever proven that he was involved in a crime.

Trump has failed to protect the country from the pandemic.

In Vietnam, the total number of deaths on the American side was 58 thousand, and it is possible that the number of Americans dying from the epidemic will soon be four times the number of their deaths in Vietnam, and it is the duty of the president to warn his people, but Trump did nothing, and instead, he became in denial. And he failed to manage the crisis, and he has no plan yet in this regard.

A lot of people say that American democracy is in danger, and that Trump wants to rule like an autocrat .. Do you agree with that?

I mentioned in the book that leadership failed, but democracy still exists, at least for now.

He did not order the newspapers to be closed, nor did anyone attack my office or my house.

Free press is still working.

We have an effective electoral system, although it attacked that as well.

Trump's leadership has failed, but democracy still exists, at least for now.

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