Trump is back… mentions US aid to HIV/AIDS in Africa ($6B)
now attacks WHO and NIH
still repeats same blah-blah “giving away money” the same rhetoric about the UN and NATO
MSNBC returned for Birx
Now Trump talks about lab in China (Wuhan) money was spent six years ago.
Trump talks about “waste in government”
continues to rationalize halt to funding WHO
now Questions
Q: isn’t China cooperating in investigations?
Trump dodges question
Q: WHO?
Trump: if there are mistakes, blah-blah
back citing “1917” (it was 1918) Trump seems incapable of remembering the 1918 flu, but confuses it regularly with the film 1917.
Trump self-congratulating himself on lower death toll, as if a US death toll equivalent to the Korean War was a good thing.
Q: why aren’t you using the WPA to get companies to make materiel (Talk Media News)
Trump bafflegab attacks Maine senator King for being a phony as “independent”
Q: religion question
“I am somebody that believes in faith”
Q: OAN re: Pelosi and small business funding?
Trump hits softball … blah-blah Whines about Pelosi in SF
Q: Birx on irregularities e.g. Florida
Birx — county differences in load rates
Trump interjects that many counties don’t have cases
Q: Stephen Moore on protests? “Rosa Parks” aren’t they protesting your social distancing guidelines?
Trump starts with 2nd Amendment, attacks Michigan governor
mentions VA, blah-blah (social guidelines have nothing to do with 2nd amendment
Q: followup on 2nd amendment and social distancing
Trump tries to confabulate his demand to liberate — it’s weird, connecting “I think it’s a good time to bring it up”
Q: on China, DPRK, Russia, and Iran
Trump diverts to oil Russia and Saudi Arabia, mentions “nice note” from DPRK — counterfactual about war with DPRK, no ammunition “The cupboard was dry”
more China trade blah-blah
Trump now goes “Sir” on Iran brings up John Kerry and Logan Act
“Sleepy Joe Biden” “China will own the United States” mentions Sleepy Joe four times
refers to himself in the 3rd person
Trump now wanders to surplus ventilators and NYC — now back to Iran with more of the same blather, then strangely on to Putin …. blah-blah
Trump attacks Wall Street Journal
Trump flees at 616pm