{"id":70759,"date":"2020-09-20T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/09\/20\/trump-admits-to-deliberately-misleading-us-public-over-covid-19-but-will-it-matter\/"},"modified":"2020-09-20T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T14:53:59","slug":"trump-admits-to-deliberately-misleading-us-public-over-covid-19-but-will-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/trump-admits-to-deliberately-misleading-us-public-over-covid-19-but-will-it-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admits to deliberately misleading US public over Covid-19, but will it matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k3n4zOa1fmOb2Ewi8YZ\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We look at reactions in the papers to Donald Trump admitting that he deliberately misled the US public over coronavirus so as not to create panic. 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