As the world contends with the worst pandemic in more than 100 years, and the death toll in the United States nears 60,000, the US president spends his day yelling in ALL CAPS that the media, which reported extensively on the coronavirus threat months before Donald Trump bothered to act like he took it seriously, is "the enemy of the people".
There has never been, in the history of our Country, a more vicious or hostile Lamestream Media than there is right now, even in the midst of a National Emergency, the Invisible Enemy!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2020
FAKE NEWS, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2020
Since this crisis accelerated out of control in the US, Trump has, on a near-daily basis, insulted numerous reporters (usually female) for asking standard and straight-forward questions by calling them "brainless", "fake", "nasty", "horrid", "terrible", "pathetic", and "disgraceful". He also called the head of the FBI "scum ... human scum".
Jeremy Diamond: "More than 22 million Americans are unemployed and 40,000 have died from COVID-19. Is this the time for self-congratulation?"— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 20, 2020
Trump: "You’re fake news-you don’t have the brains you were born with-I’ve had the most unfair press in history." pic.twitter.com/CLUbuCM4Oy
Last weekend, Trump was in a manic mood, stewing and rage-tweeting, providing the world with undeniable evidence of his deteriorating mental state.
Rage-tweeting all afternoon is one way to spend your wife's 50th birthday.— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 26, 2020
Yes, Sunday was Melanie Trump's 50th birthday.
HAPPY NOT BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE #FirstThirdLady from Donald Trump! pic.twitter.com/Oyppdrf6VG— J-L Cauvin (@JLCauvin) April 27, 2020
Trump also replied to own tweets from last week, telling himself he had been completely right:
So true! https://t.co/fyJgDBuKzM— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2020
“Disinfectant in the body - you know what they call that? They call that embalming - that’s the medical term,” Pelosi says to @jaketapper on @CNNSotu— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 26, 2020
Apparently, Americans aren’t dying fast enough for him. https://t.co/UevRje4L9A— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 26, 2020
The Lead-In
Monday's 5:00 PM briefing was canceled by late morning. But, as the New York Times reports:
To the surprise of exactly no one, President Trump resumed his daily coronavirus news briefings on Monday, just two days after tweeting that they were "not worth the time & effort" and just hours after his own White House officially canceled the planned appearance. ... Trump hates being seen as managed by his staff, and once he saw some of the television coverage reporting that his own aides thought he should hold fewer briefings, he decided to host one on Monday anyway.
Don Lemon is all of us. pic.twitter.com/aIAGOAAKip— Richard Hine (@richardhine) April 27, 2020
"The alarms appear to have failed to register with the president, who routinely skips reading the President’s Daily Brief and has at times shown little patience even for the oral summary he now takes two or three times per week."https://t.co/DGgVijMxmw— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 27, 2020
BREAKING: White House admits the one visible sign of an effort to respond to coronavirus was just a Potemkin stunt. https://t.co/rUVfxGszCT— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 27, 2020
when the bleach drip hits pic.twitter.com/FQowQCtIct— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
The Show Must Go On!
Trump is now trying the "bullshit press conference in the Rose Garden where the CEOs of a bunch of random companies speak for no apparent reason" routine again. Because that went so well for him the last time.— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 27, 2020
Trump begins his April 27 #TrumpPressConference with some reading difficulties pic.twitter.com/V1AnjAh9NK— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 27, 2020
this man is truly unhinged pic.twitter.com/GZmwMcs0cL— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 27, 2020
Trump is doing that thing where he invites a bunch of corporate executives to the White House to give free promos for their companies pic.twitter.com/nrZokahq8J— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
it's a nonstop cycle of rich white guys wearing suits at the mic pic.twitter.com/GulyqgZ7ba— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
the parade of CEOs continues pic.twitter.com/Pwnq26KPPh— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
The ring kissing ceremony.— NMWizard (@JZ_nm) April 27, 2020
I hoping a reporter with jump up and ask them which ones sell bleach 🤣— too much chaos (@stopthe38459067) April 27, 2020
Trump on his call today with governors: "They are as thrilled as they can be, considering the fact that there has been so much unnecessary death in this country." 😳 pic.twitter.com/w2QwwCPvqZ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
"You all know what happened in 1917. That's over 100 years ago." -- Trump still hasn't figured out that the 1918 flu pandemic didn't happen in 1917 pic.twitter.com/lUUd0yuq1X— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
Trump hasn't taken questions yet but it's abundantly clear there was no reason to have one of these pressers today aside from his need for attention— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
"I think you will see a lot of schools open up, even for a short period of time ... in terms of what this vicious virus goes after, young people seem to do very well." -- Trump, ignoring that kids can spread the virus to others pic.twitter.com/ajdCwjgDRa— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
TRUMP: "Nancy Pelosi was dancing in the streets in Chinatown. She wanted to go out and party." (None of this is true.) pic.twitter.com/xzWyyQGQzv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
Asked about some of his conspiratorial retweets, Trump claims "numerous countries" are falsifying their coronavirus death tolls pic.twitter.com/f74w3Kv2nx— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
TRUMP: "If you look, prior to this virus, the deficit was coming down under my administration." (This is a lie.) pic.twitter.com/cTg5rol4y0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
THE FREAKIN SILENCE _ MASSIVE PRESS FAILURE— wmassih (@lbca81) April 27, 2020
Up is down. The national deficit was coming down under Trump before the coronavirus hit. https://t.co/O3NIBh86Az— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
Trump on his call today with governors: "These were not complaining people. These were people that were -- they had everything they needed. They have their ventilators. They have their testing." (Many governors are not shy about saying that more testing is needed.) pic.twitter.com/8HRF8K6RHd— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
The governors do NOT have their testing. Another blatant lie. More gaslighting. #TrumpLiesPeopleDie #TrumpLiesEverytimeHeSpeaks— Nav (@Nav2115) April 27, 2020
"There are some people, they are not allowed to open up their store. They're going to lose their livelihood. By the way, that causes death also" -- Trump leaves door open to federal government suing states if AG Barr thinks they are being too slow in reopening their economies pic.twitter.com/LB5Ca3XQKu— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
Trump angrily brushes aside a question from @BrianKarem about his disinfectant injections remarks and the ensuing rise in control to poison control hotlines pic.twitter.com/wvVK66ocdt— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
Told that states have reported an increase in people taking disinfectant since his comments last week, Trump says, "I can't imagine why. I can't imagine why." Asked if he takes any responsibility, he says, "No, I don't."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 27, 2020
See...Trump can use sarcasm when he wants.— Bill Rubenstein (@wmr251) April 27, 2020
.@jonkarl: We sat here over a month ago and heard similar remarks from CEOs about how they were going to rapidly roll out new testing. It didn't really happen. What went wrong?— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
PENCE: "I appreciate the question, but it represents a misunderstanding on your part." pic.twitter.com/3IRz3Z44M7
KARL: So when you promised 4 million tests 7 weeks ago, you were just talking about tests being sent out, not completed?— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
PENCE: "Precisely correct" pic.twitter.com/exxdP7RnB3
He was being sarcastic about tests being available.— The Hebrewhammer (@TheHebroohammr) April 27, 2020
Trump promised 27 million tests kits would be available by the end of March 2020.
"Nobody except one country can be held accountable for what happened. Nobody is blaming anybody here." -- Trump blames China for the coronavirus but then in the next breath claims he's not blaming anyone pic.twitter.com/jLmZtwyRNi— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
“If it’s China’s fault, that means I don’t have to protect Americans.”— DrD (@DrDourbine) April 27, 2020
-@realDonaldTrump
Trump on Kim Jong Un: "He didn't say anything last Saturday. Nobody knows where he is, so he obviously couldn't have said it." pic.twitter.com/SkpNu6qdJu— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
.@Olivianuzzi : If a POTUS loses more Americans over six weeks than died in the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be reelected?— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020
TRUMP: "If you look at what the original projections were, 2.2 million -- we're probably headed to 60,000, 70,000 ...we've made a lot of good decisions." pic.twitter.com/J6YzS7jWoz
— Stay-at-Home Jedi (@JediCounselor) April 27, 2020
Reminder.. He said it wouldn’t go above 50,000 deaths just a few days ago.— Jules78 (@julesrn9483) April 27, 2020
Should have followed up with "you said there would be zero cases soon"— GMcKeown (@GerMcK1976) April 27, 2020
Meanwhile, Back In The Real World:
A top ER doctor in Manhattan committed suicide this weekend, after describing horrific scenes from the Coronavirus crisis to her family. "She tried to do her job, and it killed her," her father said. https://t.co/td8OoShi2y— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) April 27, 2020
Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter says. https://t.co/NfV0xjcqdt— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 27, 2020
1. The top recipient of taxpayer funds intended to save struggling small businesses is MONTY BENNETT, a multi-millionaire Trump donor who owns dozens of luxury hotels.— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 27, 2020
The latest SEC filings show his companies have received $96.1 MILLION
It gets worsehttps://t.co/LBu8LX2pcY
"Roughly 95% of Black-owned businesses,91% of Latino-owned businesses,91% of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander-owned businesses,& 75% of Asian-owned businesses stand close to no chance of receiving a PPP loan through a mainstream bank or credit union,..” https://t.co/iqUUkpKyYK— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) April 27, 2020
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