His desperate spin before his Fox News Town Hall today ignores the incompetence of handling travel from Europe among many other failures.
....Fake News got it wrong again, as always, and tens of thousands of lives were saved by my EARLY BAN of China into our Country. The people that weâÂÂre allowed were heavily scrutinized and tested U.S. citizens, and as such, I welcome them with open arms!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2020
....Fake News got it wrong again, as always, and tens of thousands of lives were saved by my EARLY BAN of China into our Country. The people that weâÂÂre allowed were heavily scrutinized and tested U.S. citizens, and as such, I welcome them with open arms!
Trump did not âÂÂban ChinaâÂÂ. His flight restrictions were weaker than other countries who acted sooner. And the spotty checks of returning US citizens and virtually no US covid-19 tests negated any positive benefit. https://t.co/BVONot2LU3— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 3, 2020
Trump did not âÂÂban ChinaâÂÂ. His flight restrictions were weaker than other countries who acted sooner. And the spotty checks of returning US citizens and virtually no US covid-19 tests negated any positive benefit. https://t.co/BVONot2LU3
According to a ton of reporting, the president's claims here are a straight-up lie.In fact, they defy logic, given what's out there publicly.But he could clear all this up by declassifying all the PDBs in January as they relate to the outbreak in Wuhan. pic.twitter.com/TFc1mEW46m— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 3, 2020
According to a ton of reporting, the president's claims here are a straight-up lie.In fact, they defy logic, given what's out there publicly.But he could clear all this up by declassifying all the PDBs in January as they relate to the outbreak in Wuhan. pic.twitter.com/TFc1mEW46m
How the Trump White House moved the coronavirus death toll goalposts to over 100,000 from 50,000, in one 40 second clip pic.twitter.com/js68n55bSW— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2020
How the Trump White House moved the coronavirus death toll goalposts to over 100,000 from 50,000, in one 40 second clip pic.twitter.com/js68n55bSW
Trump at Lincoln Memorial for Fox News Town Hall 7-9pm EDT
âÂÂTis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.âÂÂâ Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 3, 2020
âÂÂTis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.âÂÂ
Trump tweets that he is missing his rallies- while over 67,000 Americans are missing loved ones killed by the coronavirus.To Donald Trump the biggest victim of the coronavirus pandemic is Donald Trump.â (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) May 3, 2020
Trump tweets that he is missing his rallies- while over 67,000 Americans are missing loved ones killed by the coronavirus.To Donald Trump the biggest victim of the coronavirus pandemic is Donald Trump.
Who wants to tell him it happens everywhere?https://t.co/B2nN5mlw0d https://t.co/HMEmpqDSuCâ Jon âÂÂPlease Stay Insideâ Wolfsthal (@JBWolfsthal) May 3, 2020
Who wants to tell him it happens everywhere?https://t.co/B2nN5mlw0d https://t.co/HMEmpqDSuC
A vitamins executive who socializes with Trump at Mar-a-Lago said Trump asked him to call California Gov. Newsom on his cell and try to make a deal for the state to buy millions of hydroxychloroquine tablets from an Indian manufacturer. California said no. https://t.co/LYbCK3FCDCâ Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2020
A vitamins executive who socializes with Trump at Mar-a-Lago said Trump asked him to call California Gov. Newsom on his cell and try to make a deal for the state to buy millions of hydroxychloroquine tablets from an Indian manufacturer. California said no. https://t.co/LYbCK3FCDC
âÂÂLincoln dwarfs him.â https://t.co/9syVHn6omq— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 3, 2020
âÂÂLincoln dwarfs him.â https://t.co/9syVHn6omq
Donald Trump on Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial. This has to be the opening scene for whoever writes the definitive History of the Decline and Fall of the American Republic.— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 3, 2020
Donald Trump on Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial. This has to be the opening scene for whoever writes the definitive History of the Decline and Fall of the American Republic.
The President is back to talking about Hydroxychloroquine. pic.twitter.com/10RkB4hXyd— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 3, 2020
The President is back to talking about Hydroxychloroquine. pic.twitter.com/10RkB4hXyd
He just said 1917 again. Twice. What a weird mental tic. Did Grandpa Trump own stock in the Winter Palace?— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 3, 2020
He just said 1917 again. Twice. What a weird mental tic. Did Grandpa Trump own stock in the Winter Palace?
"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us...If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." pic.twitter.com/BpoUJJt2BJ— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 3, 2020
"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us...If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." pic.twitter.com/BpoUJJt2BJ
Listening to Trump I donâÂÂt think he would pass the Turing Test right now. He might get a positive reading on a Wasserman Test tho.— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) May 3, 2020
Listening to Trump I donâÂÂt think he would pass the Turing Test right now. He might get a positive reading on a Wasserman Test tho.
Reminder: Trump's first prediction for COVID was 15 cases, not 60,000. Yes, he's moving the bar to 90,000, but he's moving it from its original position of 15.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 3, 2020
Reminder: Trump's first prediction for COVID was 15 cases, not 60,000. Yes, he's moving the bar to 90,000, but he's moving it from its original position of 15.
Trump is in full condo salesman mode during his Fox News "Returning to Workâ town hall, says to those who have lost jobs, "you'll get a job where you'll make more money, frankly ...I have a good feel for this stuff ...we have to get it back open safely but as quickly as possible" pic.twitter.com/MP5AtCYMpa— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2020
Trump is in full condo salesman mode during his Fox News "Returning to Workâ town hall, says to those who have lost jobs, "you'll get a job where you'll make more money, frankly ...I have a good feel for this stuff ...we have to get it back open safely but as quickly as possible" pic.twitter.com/MP5AtCYMpa
TRUMP: "I used to say 65,000. Now I'm saying 80 or 90 and it goes up and it goes up rapidly. But it's still going to be, no matter how you look at it, at the lower end of the plane if we did the shutdown." (Trump's baseline here is a scenario where he literally did nothing.) pic.twitter.com/mGJoHvcDLs— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2020
TRUMP: "I used to say 65,000. Now I'm saying 80 or 90 and it goes up and it goes up rapidly. But it's still going to be, no matter how you look at it, at the lower end of the plane if we did the shutdown." (Trump's baseline here is a scenario where he literally did nothing.) pic.twitter.com/mGJoHvcDLs
Trump lies about Biden sending him a letter, then says, "look how badly they did on swine flu." (The swine flu resulted in about 12,000 US deaths; coronavirus in a much shorter period of time has killed more than 5 times as many people and counting.) pic.twitter.com/pEAv8ZPz7J— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 4, 2020
Trump lies about Biden sending him a letter, then says, "look how badly they did on swine flu." (The swine flu resulted in about 12,000 US deaths; coronavirus in a much shorter period of time has killed more than 5 times as many people and counting.) pic.twitter.com/pEAv8ZPz7J
"I need the vaccine" -- this is the most true thing Trump has said tonight pic.twitter.com/VHPAlnrusl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 4, 2020
"I need the vaccine" -- this is the most true thing Trump has said tonight pic.twitter.com/VHPAlnrusl
Some good context as President Trump says he is pushing hard and thinks US might have a vaccine by the end of 2020. ðÂÂÂð¾ https://t.co/dLyA4DDK1t— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 3, 2020
Some good context as President Trump says he is pushing hard and thinks US might have a vaccine by the end of 2020. ðÂÂÂð¾ https://t.co/dLyA4DDK1t
The President goes after Governor Whitmer and Governor Inslee pic.twitter.com/SYBOTb0M27— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 3, 2020
The President goes after Governor Whitmer and Governor Inslee pic.twitter.com/SYBOTb0M27
A Democratic super PAC is buying television time around Trump's Fox town hall and is planning to air ads attacking his response to the coronavirus pandemic in key swing states. https://t.co/0kLpBJPyqQ— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2020
A Democratic super PAC is buying television time around Trump's Fox town hall and is planning to air ads attacking his response to the coronavirus pandemic in key swing states. https://t.co/0kLpBJPyqQ
At the Lincoln Memorial, Trump says he's being treated worse than Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/psZwWRE6WD— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 4, 2020
At the Lincoln Memorial, Trump says he's being treated worse than Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/psZwWRE6WD
Trump Teen Rape Allegation Resurfaces, Ronan Farrow Claims National Enquirer Tried to Protect Him in New Book #trumpRAPES https://t.co/1GVOy3PHXK— ROSIE (@Rosie) May 3, 2020
Trump Teen Rape Allegation Resurfaces, Ronan Farrow Claims National Enquirer Tried to Protect Him in New Book #trumpRAPES https://t.co/1GVOy3PHXK