Late night hosts game out if Trump's Bob Woodward scandal will end any differently that his other scandals

Late night hosts on Trump and Bob Woodward
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We learned Wednesday that President Trump admitted to Bob Woodward back in February and March "he purposefully downplayed the risk of coronavirus," Trevor Noah said on Thursday's Daily Show. "Now, when normal people get caught on tape admitting that they lied to an entire country, they usually apologize. But Donald Trump didn't become president by being normal, so yesterday he doubled down."

"The one upside of being stuck in this psychotic relationship with Trump for the last four years is that by now, we've pretty much learned every pattern that every Trump scandal takes," Noah said: "Trump steps into sh-t, and then Trumpworld comes out and explains that he didn't actually step in sh-t," and right on cue, Fox News "quickly rallied to Trump's corner to explain why lying to America about a deadly pandemic was the right move all along."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.