This isn't only about propaganda. Trump's own advisers told him not to trust that Xi Jingping was giving him an honest picture of the virus in China, at a critical moment when the U.S. could have been mobilizing defenses more quickly. https://t.co/13LKga2yhe pic.twitter.com/bHhRiHCTvC— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) March 30, 2020