So much for summer reading lists. The White House is going to be spending a good portion of the fall defending President Trump, who is in the midst of a tough reelection fight, from new books that paint him in a generally unflattering light.

Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany faced several questions at a White House briefing last week about an interview the president gave for veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book, Rage. Trump is quoted telling Woodward that the coronavirus was serious and saying of the pandemic, “I wanted to always play it down.”