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"I think I'd better make sure the president is aware
of this virus." Trump was actually on the
golf course down at Mar-a-Lago when Azar called. Azar's pitch to the president was one,
this could be serious, but also he wanted to convey
a sense of kind of, "We got this." Of those two messages, the one that President Trump appears
to have really internalized was the "we got it" message
of this virus." Trump was actually on the
golf course down at Mar-a-Lago when Azar called. Azar's pitch to the president was one,
this could be serious, but also he wanted to convey
a sense of kind of, "We got this." Of those two messages, the one that President Trump appears
to have really internalized was the "we got it" message
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"I think I'd better make sure
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the president is aware
of this virus."
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Trump was actually on the
golf course down at Mar-a-Lago
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when Azar called.
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Azar's pitch to the president
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was one,
this could be serious,
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but also he wanted to convey
a sense of kind of,
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"We got this."
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Of those two messages, the one
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that President Trump appears
to have really internalized
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was the "we got it" message.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
