Highlights:
"We don't want to be the suckers anymore."
"The level of IQ on some of those calls was about the highest you've ever seen on a phone call, that I can tell you."
Trump suggests there's merit to a Fox News story about the novel coronavirus originating in a lab in China.
"There is death in having a strongly closed country."
"We have the right to do whatever we want."
There are ventilators that are needed to save lives in the US, but Trump is sending the machines to Russia because "they're having a hard time in Moscow".
Trump begins the April 15 #TrumpPressBriefing by running a free video commercial for GM, complete with tacky music pic.twitter.com/6v4piQO0x6— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump seems to think that the coronavirus pandemic could've been prevented had all countries just restricted travel to China like he did, ignoring that Covid was already spreading within the United States by the time he took action pic.twitter.com/gZBO0x2Kiw— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
"caranavirus outbreak" pic.twitter.com/UnrELKNlTb— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump trashes his own government: "If you heard what is coming out of the Voice of America, it is disgusting. The things they say are disgusting toward our country." pic.twitter.com/ruGwKLTGMm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump's pandemic press conference has now veered into a rant about ... [checks notes] ... judges pic.twitter.com/SJnoykKWSL— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Judges and nominees? Ok this CORONA TASK FORCE BRIEFING actually IS a MAGA rally 🤦♂️— 🧩Bloughin (@bloughin) April 15, 2020
"Whether it's Russia, Russia Russia, or whether it's impeachment hoax, or whatever it may be, it's always roadblocks and a waste of time" -- it's time for therapy time with the president pic.twitter.com/QwokP7fXn5— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
TRUMP: "We have the right to do whatever we want." pic.twitter.com/59QFGgbV2O— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump is passing the buck on questions about when coronavirus testing will be more widespread to governors and private companies pic.twitter.com/nIkLzFvSqd— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
"Great job, preese. Mike, please shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" pic.twitter.com/4RmC9jdaBH— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump is still flagrantly lying about how tariffs work. They are taxes on Americans businesses, not the Chinese government. pic.twitter.com/2UnKTGYkfj— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
TRUMP: "The level of IQ on some of those calls was about the highest you've ever seen on a phone call, that I can tell you. But we have a lot of great thought went into those calls & a lot of questions came out & also statements, very strong statements as to what they recommend." pic.twitter.com/UmE7AWPHmM— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
"Not all states are the same. Some are having little problems. Some have done such a good job and are ready to go." -- Trump suggests states experiencing bad coronavirus outbreaks brought it upon themselves pic.twitter.com/zM2ocsfjKz— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump tries to blame Obama, who left office in 2017, for the fact the national stockpile of ventilators is depleted in 2020 pic.twitter.com/L8H3WYfjaP— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Am already hearing from constituents who are just furious that he delayed their checks for this. I'm pretty sure they are not the only ones. https://t.co/W6HBLvEZhr— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) April 15, 2020
Trump on criticisms that his coronavirus response is infected with partisanship: "You can go back into the last two administrations and you see a lot of partisanship." #whataboutism pic.twitter.com/Po5LgLkHsK— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
The Two Hours Hate pic.twitter.com/EwwVe4tpGT— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump on criticisms that it's inappropriate to reopen the economy when ~2,000 Americans are dying a day from the coronavirus: "There is also death in keeping it closed. When you look at mental health, suicides ... There is death in having a strongly closed country." pic.twitter.com/C0aZbacQQg— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
REPORTER: Why do we have 20 percent of the world's deaths from the coronavirus with only 4 percent of the population?— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
TRUMP: "Well you don't know what you have. Do you think you're getting honest numbers from some of these countries? ... we report everything." pic.twitter.com/t6AZSZoKu4
Trump, who attended a weekend-long party at Mar-a-Lago in March that became a coronavirus vector, attacks Nancy Pelosi for not taking the virus more seriously in February, when he was saying it was going to miraculously go away on its own pic.twitter.com/9Nv8H4Hczn— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Trump suggests there's merit to a Fox News story about the novel coronavirus originating in a lab in China pic.twitter.com/8HkVeiJQns— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
"We don't want to be the suckers anymore" -- Trump goes on a tirade against the WHO, then abruptly ends the news conference pic.twitter.com/NpsGCifKXy— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
Here’s Trump saying he’s planning to send ventilators to Russia because “they’re having a hard time in Moscow” pic.twitter.com/pb5xLhtZR3— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2020
A friend of mine shared this on social media earlier ,
ReplyDeleteyeah it's been a shitshow here too....
https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/11/a-national-scandal-a-timeline-of-the-uk-governments-woeful-response-to-the-coronavirus-crisis/?fbclid=IwAR3hSFojp8e3FZ1-Tp0A39u-LtZUX_srXLj0oeGpXxPABsraqAdYvEPIBrc
Regards
Warren