How Many New Yorkers Will Die Because Trump Refuses To Send Ventilators After Cuomo Was Mean to Him? ... The Trump Show Offers A Cliffhanger: "We're Gonna Find Out!"

Almost three years ago:

Trump's Katrina will be a deadly pandemic. https://t.co/e4rMUQOAqs

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 5, 2017

Spot on. Well done, sir.

— So. Much. Winning. (@weavebe) April 3, 2020

Wash your hands, stay inside, and never vote Republican, ever. That's it. That's the tweet.

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 3, 2020

No One Knows Icebergs Better Than Me

[Donald Trump, Titanic captain]

1. There is no iceberg
2. We won’t hit the iceberg
3. We barely touched the iceberg
4. Nobody could’ve seen the iceberg
5. These deaths mean my plan worked
6. I’m the best captain ever

— Jake Maccoby (@jdmaccoby) April 3, 2020

Trump, the “wartime president” just said, “We’re a backup.”

Remember when Franklin Roosevelt said “We’re a backup” and states have to win WW2.

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) April 2, 2020

Thanks, Obama.

Obama had the incredible vision to see COVID-19 coming and understand the as-yet non-existent virus down to its RNA, but then botched the tests. Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/xt3kIWY9WA

— subscribe to my newsletter (@brianbeutler) April 3, 2020

ACOSTA: Why don't we have enough masks or equipment?

TRUMP: "Previous administrations gave us very little ammunition for the military and very little shelf space."

(Trump was president for 3 years before the coronavirus hit.) pic.twitter.com/vuugvWItYR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Trump claims the military was "literally" out of ammunition when he took office, which is one of his laziest and most egregious lies yet pic.twitter.com/qqhRveeHJB

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

#TheOrangeDeath Soap Opera

.@jonkarl: Cuomo says NY may be days away from running out of ventilators. Can you assure NY that they will have the ventilators they need?

TRUMP: "No. They should've had more ventilators at the time. They should've had more ventilators." pic.twitter.com/j2I94iiXas

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Translation: No, Cuomo was mean to me.

— ❄️ ☆ Nina ❄️ (@SnowbirdNina) April 3, 2020

trump's metaphorically standing on 5th Avenue & shooting thousands of people.

— fakejenrauls is a bit snitty (@jenrauls) April 3, 2020

"....we're gonna find out."

So, Trump's just waiting to see how many innocent people die in pain, and then we'll know. Then we'll "find out."

— 🇺🇸Army Veteran🇺🇸 (@WeaponizedVoter) April 3, 2020

Should've had more? But he just said 15 minutes ago that "no one could've seen this coming."

Also, just casually telling New Yorkers they can go die.

— Brian Pinault 🌔🔭 (@BMPinault) April 3, 2020

Rather than do everything he can do to save lives in New York right now, Trump seems to prefer holding ventilators in reserve for a future circumstance where other states (perhaps ones more crucial to his reelection hopes) are in need. https://t.co/7MVv3fe6Y4

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2020

“We’re gonna find out” — amid worsening coronavirus crisis, Trump is leaving New York to its fate https://t.co/7MVv3fe6Y4

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

We'll see what happens! #Enjoy pic.twitter.com/2rdyFdSCHL

— Laura Apollo (@lauraapollo) April 3, 2020

CLIFFHANGER!!!

This Shitbag Is A Disgusting, Loathsome Human Being

Wow. Trump unloads on a reporter who dared to ask him about Kushner saying on Thursday that the federal ventilator stockpile is "our" stockpile & not the states'.

"When he says 'our,' he's talking about our country ... it's such a basic, simple question. You oughta be ashamed." pic.twitter.com/HWWkTWs00e

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

He hates women. I’m pretty sure that’s what it means. https://t.co/MvhIesGwmq

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 3, 2020

Trump now having a full blown breakdown - he cannot tolerate being challenged and he's going mad on live TV. In his demented garbage dump of a mind, Nothing is EVER his fault because he is faultless. #TrumpIsTheWORSTPresidentEVER #TrumpPressBriefing

— Margot Channing (@jeffreyjonsmith) April 3, 2020

Oh my god. If I were that journalist I would actually walk up to him and slap him across his lying fucking face. It would worth being arrested. #TrumpPressBriefing

— Emma (@emmaincanada) April 3, 2020

“You didn’t answer the question” a reporter shoots back at trump.
Good on her! #TrumpPressBriefing pic.twitter.com/mRP0hUcu7f

— Barry Thomas Goldberg (@barrytgoldberg) April 3, 2020

TRUMP: "We have a stockpile. It is a federal stockpile. We can use it for states, or we can use it for ourselves. We do use it for the federal government. We have a very big federal government." pic.twitter.com/1MdFHpP7Lz

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Just Because We Are In The Middle Of A Global Pandemic Doesn't Mean We Don't Need Trump To Remind Us That He Has Fucked Several Models

Trump has jokes: "The models show hundreds of thousands of people are going to die and you know what I want to do? I want to come way under the model. The professionals did the models and I was never involved in a model. At least this kind of a model." pic.twitter.com/vBeeWz1ayl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

He's Pissy Because He Didn't Get To Wank To Fox All Morning

Trump says he doesn't know where Dr. Fauci is and then attacks @Acosta for asking him about his whereabouts in the first place pic.twitter.com/WWvw2KYPUy

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Asked why he disregarded warnings from within his own administration about pandemics, Trump argues that nobody could've anticipated this particular pandemic pic.twitter.com/ivTFKVsMJ9

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Trump can't explain why a number of oil executives who he met with today each had to take a coronavirus test before meeting with him pic.twitter.com/QbyhvvYmxX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 3, 2020

Reminder that Trump’s oppositon to mail-in voting is expressly because he believes it would harm the Republican Party. That’s it.

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) April 3, 2020

All The Best Words

Here's the transcript of the president's thoughts yesterday on the 1918 flu pandemic. pic.twitter.com/ZzbQVkl00d

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 3, 2020

Lies

Once more: The president pushed back against the suggestion of suspending domestic plane and rail travel by saying passengers on planes and trains are getting tested twice, before departure and after arrival.

They are not being tested at all: https://t.co/p8CUsRkxs2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 3, 2020

Three weeks ago today: "Google is helping to develop a website. It’s going to be very quickly done, unlike websites of the past, to determine whether a test is warranted and to facilitate testing at a nearby convenient location. We have many, many locations.” ALL LIES

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 3, 2020

Kushner Says Some Outrageous Shit ("That's Our Stockpile, Not The States", i.e., Government Supplies Belong To Trump) And Trump Has The Government Website Re-Written To Match The Outrageous Shit)

Hey @froomkin

Did you see how Trump's team redefined the mission of the national stockpile overnight.

WTH?

This is Orwellian Stalinist bullsh*thttps://t.co/PHAFV9VF5b

— Greg Wilson (@joke2power) April 3, 2020

Fed gov website: "Strategic National Stockpile's role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies."

Kushner: "The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."

— Paul Seamus Ryan (@ThePaulSRyan) April 3, 2020

They updated the SNS website. Here is the Jared-approved copy. 👀 I know we predicted this, but it's still quite alarming that this is America now. https://t.co/PBywnK04Ii pic.twitter.com/0g3Oa8LVcZ

— Deep State Department (@MollyMeggyesy) April 3, 2020

This is what the website for the federal stockpile said yesterday vs what it says today, after Kushner was caught lying about how states aren’t supposed to be using it. It was changed to say, “Many states have products stockpiled, as well.” https://t.co/kbNXiwaJbX pic.twitter.com/xAtPKIyHnA

— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) April 3, 2020

I guess we've been paying all those taxes to the federal government for Trump, Kushner and their friends. https://t.co/4MlVlY9FvK

— digby (@digby56) April 3, 2020

Ask Him About This And His Head Will Explode (Assuming He Understands The Question)

He also blames Cuomo for not ordering them 3 years ago, while at the same time trying to absolve himself of blame for not restocking the federal reserve because Obama left him a depleted stock...3 years ago!

— Norm DePlume (@NormDePlume69) April 3, 2020

Donald Trump – As Seen By The Rest Of The World

https://t.co/pGScc6c1Jr

— dmmmt1 (@donnamarietoro1) April 3, 2020

Sydney Morning Herald: Trump’s “media appearances have felt as if they have been beamed in from an alternative universe, a hallucinogenic dreamscape that bears little resemblance to the lived reality in much of America and the rest of the world.” https://t.co/5AjSCW2xIX

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 3, 2020

From Sueddeutsche Zeitung (via Scott Horton): Of all the national leaders of developed states managing the pandemic today, one stands out as a warning of just how dangerous denialism, greed and sheer incompetence can be: Donald J Trump.https://t.co/1qJE2cQkkS

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 3, 2020

Edward Luce, Financial Times:

America’s abdication of leadership is an act of self harm, which threatens to make it an object of mockery. There are no do-overs on pandemics. Mr Trump’s response to the coronavirus is worse than a crime. It is a mistake.https://t.co/Ph2slYErTP

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 3, 2020