Fox host says Trump downplaying COVID-19 publicly was part of his “role as a leader”
Greg Gutfeld: “They have to manage because that is their role as a leader so you don't make it worse”
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From the September 9, 2020, edition of Fox News' The Five
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Now I'm going to make two obvious points here. One, when the Atlantic story from this weekend fell apart, I said that was the first bombshell of like 50 that were gonna hit. Well, this is the second bombshell except it's a booger dressed as a bombshell. It's nothing and the reason why it's nothing is it's so obviously nothing.
Trump told Woodard that information because to him, it was an obvious truth. That leaders know stuff that sometimes they keep from the public they have to manage because that is their role as a leader so you don't make it worse. There is the comfortable and well known phrase "keep calm and carry on." It's well known for a reason.