KEY POINTS
  • President Donald Trump lacked a national strategy to bring the U.S. together to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, according to journalist Bob Woodward.
  • "If you tell the public the truth, that they will rally 'round. They will get behind the leadership," Woodward told CNBC's Shepard Smith in an interview that aired Wednesday on "Squawk Box."
  • The author of the book "Rage" compared Trump's response to Covid-19 to how former President George W. Bush reacted to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Journalist Bob Woodward told CNBC that President Donald Trump lacked a national strategy to bring the U.S. together to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus

"If you tell the public the truth, that they will rally 'round. They will get behind the leadership," Woodward said in an interview with CNBC's Shepard Smith that aired Wednesday on "Squawk Box."