It's now 6:15 and there has been no news conference https://t.co/kpB4ef1zk1— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
You know how he is. He thinks by being late, he’s got a crowd eagerly awaiting his arrival and he’ll make a grand entrance. In the middle of a pandemic, this is how he still thinks. Guaranteed. Also, he needs his drugs.— CJ 🗽🩸🦷 (@c_james_) April 19, 2020
Much like Trump's response to the coronavirus...— MrStacyMartin (@MrStacyMartin) April 19, 2020
Delayed for no apparent reason.
The April 19 #TrumpPressConf begins with some show and tell pic.twitter.com/Fhn31i0YE8— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
The US has the most coronavirus deaths in the world but Trump is pretending like America's handling of the virus is a success story compared to a number of other countries pic.twitter.com/AS0HtsHxKo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"We woulda had millions of deaths. It looks like we'll be about a 60,000 mark, which is 40,000 less than the lowest number thought of" -- Trump was saying in late February that the coronavirus would go away on its own without any Americans dying pic.twitter.com/u17nnfaZ9z— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"It was hard to get it aroused. And it is hard to get it aroused. But we got it aroused." -- Trump is now reading a Wall Street Journal op-ed that said nice things about him pic.twitter.com/Syrxttjm3v— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"It should be a local thing. Because it's point -- it's all these points within a state" -- Trump's rationale for why testing should be a state responsibility instead of a federal one makes no sense pic.twitter.com/VcgkoLpTEI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump absurdly claims that some people "don't believe in" testing, as if thinking widespread testing isn't necessary is a valid viewpoint pic.twitter.com/kG1et2wX7U— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump *still* hasn't figured out that the 1918 flu pandemic didn't happen in 1917 pic.twitter.com/MyBGWLaK3G— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump is now playing a clip of Andrew Cuomo praising him pic.twitter.com/YtN0XOa6Lb— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
He’s so insecure. Worse than a child.— Nico (@gixnic) April 19, 2020
He’s pissed because they didn’t clip the part where Cuomo mentions him by name! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣— Pamela_M (@Pamela_M47) April 19, 2020
And he is PISSED OFF too!— toni gisone (@cclamshelli) April 19, 2020
Well, they played the wrong clip and ends up sabotaging him. He is not happy!— DeeDee Banks (@ddbanks) April 19, 2020
"I did a ton of work on getting the first part of that" -- one of Trump's staffers gets defensive after the president gets somewhat perturbed over the video of Cuomo saying nice things about him getting cut off before Cuomo *really* starts praising him pic.twitter.com/W4EhJcexrm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
He’s so desperate for praise. Pathetic.— Quilting At Home to Save Lives (@wander_thewoods) April 19, 2020
He still wants those flowers.— Dolly (@ApsyAngst) April 19, 2020
I like what Cuomo said in this clip more. 👇https://t.co/L6nXZsVQfg https://t.co/XIuY3ctmVK— Denise Wu (@denisewu) April 19, 2020
And the @whpresscorps should play audio clips before asking questions— Lisa Loo🆘️ (@sunflower2499) April 19, 2020
"Something that I just saw today on television" -- parroting Fox News, Trump attacks Dems for not talking about coronavirus during a debate in Feb., overlooking that for weeks following that he downplayed the situation & said the virus would go away on its own "like a miracle." pic.twitter.com/ad6z1wWgm1— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump on his advice to anti-stay-at-home protesters: "You're allowed to protest ... I'm with everybody." pic.twitter.com/XQYMRpwFjF— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott not only referred to Idaho’s Governor as “Little Hitler” but said stay-at-home orders are “no different than Nazi Germany” sending Jews to concentration camps. https://t.co/CWMEaJA4TD— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) April 19, 2020
When you can’t keep your talking points straight pic.twitter.com/FZafBSkfRI— Subscribe to The Long Version newsletter please (@KatzOnEarth) April 19, 2020
Trump takes a question from ultra-sycophantic OAN and then gets briefly sidetracked by a mosquito pic.twitter.com/0IHAgx8UVb— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"That's a mosquito. I don't like mosquitoes. I don't like mosquitoes at all."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 19, 2020
We don't like deaths from COVID-19.— Courtney McCain 🌊 (@CourtneyMcCain) April 19, 2020
...or flieshttps://t.co/eup9KiAvOw— Donna (@upperclasstwit4) April 19, 2020
"If we're learned something, it's about supply chains" -- Trump on a deadly virus that has killed tens of thousands of Americans— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
He then bashes "the globalists" pic.twitter.com/51kfxBSQVv
Trump offers some infantile commentary on the Chinese government: "They are big, strong, smart people ... but we're not happy." pic.twitter.com/pxJB5c2Ob1— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
— Anne Jarrett (@jarrettat) April 19, 2020
LOL -- a half-hour after he got upset because the clip of Andrew Cuomo praising him didn't play all the way through, Trump finally gets his wish and the rest of it is played pic.twitter.com/DEAnKFq22w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Asked why he's reading and showing clips of praise of himself at a time of so much death and unemployment, Trump says he's standing up "not for me" but for the other people, "thousands, tens of thousands," who have done a great job, including doctors and nurses.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 19, 2020
Trump makes sure to mention that he owns a hotel in Las Vegas and then falsely claims he's "not involved" in it (he still owns and profits from it) pic.twitter.com/0w7RLdX4de— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"My wonderful place in Florida, in Miami, Doral" -- Trump works in a second plug for a property he still owns and profits from pic.twitter.com/h5Fc0mTsax— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"I've seen the interviews of people. These are great people" -- asked if he's concerned that he's inciting violence with his tweets in support of anti-stay-at-home protesters, Trump defends the protesters and says he's not worried about it pic.twitter.com/roLTWAL2Ik— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"The top of the FBI was scum ... human scum" -- Trump is still rubbing his own sores about the Russia investigation pic.twitter.com/324x55lAXF— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"I really don't know about that" -- Trump claims (absurdly) that he's unaware of @SenatorLoeffler's coronavirus stock trading scandal pic.twitter.com/DKfDG24v9y— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2020
And that's the end of the briefing. Trump talked almost the whole time and didn't really accomplish anything besides fighting with reporters and stoking his own fragile ego.— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2020
That was his EXACT response several weeks ago when he was asked about dissolving the WH pandemic task force.— Ted Sean Hannity is Typhoid Mary Heller (@TedHeller) April 20, 2020
Female Reporters Are Nasty Horrid Rude Pathetic People . . . Male Reporters, Too
Trump's expression just prior to calling on the first journalist for questions. This expression is highly predatory. It should be setting off alarm bells in your amygdala. #BodyLanguageExpert #BodyLanguage #TrumpPressConf pic.twitter.com/vUfjibR6pE— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 19, 2020
Asked why he is reading praise of himself at this time, Trump calls CNN "fake news," tells a reporter, "You don't have the brains you were born with."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 19, 2020
"Who are you with? ... nice and easy. Just relax ... keep your voice down, please. Keep your voice down" -- Trump tries to bully @weijia after she asks him a question about his statements downplaying the virus in February and his decisions to hold rallies that month pic.twitter.com/SCicdLN8Hv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"You are one of the most inaccurate reporters" -- Trump is now up to two female reporters he's attacked today (he's attacked no male reporters so far) pic.twitter.com/f8lN01Yvk1— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"You're CNN. You're fake news ... you don't have the brains you were born with" -- asked why he's playing clips of people praising him about a pandemic that has killed tens of thousands of Americans, Trump attacks a reporter pic.twitter.com/8qyBVUe8dR— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"Listen, CNN ... you people are so pathetic at CNN ... your ratings are pathetic" -- Trump attacks @JDiamond1 for the second time this briefing after Diamond asks him a straightforward question about his own past statements praising President Xi pic.twitter.com/SVgwdReINv— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
PROJECTION!
Trump says almost 40,000 people have died. Reporter tells him it's more than 40,000. Trump says in a biting tone: "Good. Correct me. Correct me. I'm really glad you corrected me, CNN."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 19, 2020
"Oh, more than [40,000] ... good ... you just don't have the sense to understand what's going on" -- a sarcastic Trump isn't happy with @JDiamond1 after he corrects his incorrect statements about the number of Americans who have died from coronavirus pic.twitter.com/qsoe6yroUL— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
40,591 deceased Americans could not be reached for comment about the president getting mad that he couldn’t get away with fudging the death toll https://t.co/yg8i5Th5o6— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2020
And Now We Come To The Blaming-Obama-For-His-Own-Failures Part Of Our Program
"We inherited a lot of garbage ... horrible ventilators" -- Trump responds to a second question from ultra-sycophantic OAN, this one about coronavirus testing failures, by trying to shift blame to Obama (Obama left office in 2017 and the virus didn't reach the US until 2020) pic.twitter.com/II60SLGOrn— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump's Enemies List
Trump claims he has a list of governors whose response to the coronavirus he thinks has gone too far. He singles out Virginia in particular because of [checks notes] gun control efforts lawmakers there have made. pic.twitter.com/zWHczpZRCy— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Trump describes some governors as "wiseguys" because "you could find a cure tomorrow and they wouldn't be satisfied." pic.twitter.com/hKAr8JO2uj— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
"I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney ... I don't really want his advice" -- Trump admits he's holding a grudge against Mitt Romney because of his impeachment vote pic.twitter.com/fnczE7Yz27— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2020
You Know That Drug I Name-Dropped 50 Times A Day For A Month As A Both A Cure And Vaccine . . . On Monday, I'll Start Claiming I've Never Heard Of It
Trump touts possible coronavirus therapies but conspicuous by its absence is any mention of hydroxychloroquine, a potentially fatal drug he relentlessly hyped for weeks up until a few days ago pic.twitter.com/iKmyUc5gPF— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Little or no mention of Hydroxychloroquine on Fox News this morning pic.twitter.com/Tlbi27T4QT— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) April 19, 2020
A Small Kernel Of Truth Slips Out
The truth snuck out at the end: “our politicians tend to treat different faiths very differently.”— Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) April 19, 2020
From the man who brought us the #MuslimBan, who targets Muslim politicians, who retweets Anti-Muslim propaganda, who dog whistle support for white supremacists... https://t.co/pmN4KxLIMB
It'd really be nice if we had an independent branch of government that could require Mnuchin to make such claims under oath. https://t.co/Qsw9KglMeE— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 19, 2020
There's Something Back Here That You Left Behind, Ohhhh, Time Passages
Here's Mike Pence taking credit for the passage of time (the number of US coronavirus tests completed per day has been flat for about a month so he cites the total number of tests completed to obscure that fact) pic.twitter.com/04VXAuS65o— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
The Cost of Trusting Trump
“He watched Fox, and believed it was under control ... he didn’t think that he could have it, because he wasn’t 100 percent confident that it was a thing.” https://t.co/DgWqb8LyXV— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Some People Still Carry Water
Reality: Trump mentioned it in passing and then spent the next month claiming it would miraculously go away https://t.co/3fWz2WrSai— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Here's Dr. Birx on ABC echoing Trump's attacks on the WHO and saying "it wasn't until the beginning of March that we could all fully see how contagious this virus was." (This is false -- the CDC was warning coronavirus could cause "severe" disruption to American life in Feb.) pic.twitter.com/pB0VYbtOSx— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2020
Some Do Not
North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump 'a nice note' (from @AP) https://t.co/gU1T3gs388— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 19, 2020
It's Safer Than A Drinking Game
Qualifies under "Denies something" ☑ pic.twitter.com/m6z03de9MG— HiraethResists (@Hiraeth37857409) April 20, 2020
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