another Trump presser/campaign speech, claims he's got 11 witnesses to his not disrespecting troops

Trump’s doing more law and order bafflegab among other idiocy, as Trump is whining about not getting credit for stuff. We’ll see whether he takes questions (and flees when the questions get too tough). He’s scared, especially if you compare his presser to Biden’s earlier today, replete with complete sentences.

The president is doing another campaign speech as a White House “news conference,” saying the things he says.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

(Again, it’s governors and other officials who are actually imposing the significant social and economic restrictions. But Trump is misleading even if we take the Biden comment at face value.)

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Throws to Kudow to tout the “super-V”.

Friday, Sep 4, 2020 · 9:43:28 PM +00:00 · annieli

shout-out to Lou Holtz former NY Jets coach and Notre Dame coach who’s getting a Medal of Freedom.

Kudlow goes blah-blah on economy 8.4% unemployment which is nothing to brag about, claims to have restored half jobs lost during the pandemic.

Kudlow claims housing boom, not noting the normal lag. yammers about car sales and used car sales. Claims of new business does not include the numbers of business closing. Claims 20% 3Q growth. apparently there are only three types of economists: Keynesian, Supply-side and Demand-side.

Trump returns to podium

QUESTIONS

Q: stimulus checks? with or without Congress?

Trump goes bafflegab “we’ll see”.

Q: OANN? asks about Fraternal Order of Police endorsement

Trump hits the softball “I’m all over the place”

Q: Nalavny poisoning?

Trump punts. “I get along with everybody. If Hillary got elected we’d be at war everywhere” Then attacks Germany’s energy policy…. “China Virus”...etc.

All 30 members of NATO including President Trump’s appointed US representative today said in a statement that they “condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack on Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition figure, with the use of a nerve agent from the banned Novichok group.” https://t.co/Bj5Pza8qjD

— Ryan Browne (@rabrowne75) September 4, 2020

Q: India question 

Trump doesn’t understand and punts, reminiscing about visiting India

Q: do you doubt the results on the Navalny poisoning?

Trump punts, goes blah-blah on getting along with Russia, veers quickly to China-bashing, then the usual stupidity about Ukraine (pillows v. tank-busters)

“We haven’t had any proof yet, but I will take a look,” President Trump says regarding the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader. Then he says he doesn’t know why people are always talking about Russia instead of China.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 4, 2020

Asked if he has any actual reason to doubt the conclusion of the German government about the Navalny poisoning, Trump says no he doesn’t, but we haven’t seen the proof ourselves. https://t.co/kea55a96IJ

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Q: McCain question

Trump does usual lies “time has proven me right”

Trump said again that he’s done more for veterans than John McCain did.

Like by getting the Veterans Choice law.

Which was signed in 2014.

And co-authored by John McCain. https://t.co/MQRgQXEwNR

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Q: quotes Trump “rounding the corner on the coronavirus” asking about UW NIHE numbers 300k deaths

Trump punts, goes to closing-down entry malarkey, usual “we’d have had 2 million deaths” counterfactual, claims China is lying about their death rates. Veers to usual cases/testing BS.

Follow-up question NY. Trump goes blah-blah veers to ventilator BS.

Told that you can’t just take out major US states from the pandemic totals for the US, Trump says, “I’m just saying...”, then repeats how we’d look good if we took out New York.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Q: Russia vaccine?

we’ll use our own

Q: Congressional stimulus

Trump punts, now claims Democrats wants prisoners released.

Q: Atlantic story again 

Trump claims it’s a hoax and that he has 11 witnesses. Starts whining about being investigated. Usual blah-blah. Follow-up on John Kelly. Trump claims that Kelly “was petered-out” on the job. Trump tries to go blah-blah on the wet hair excuse while in Paris. Attacks press. “Space Force”! Attacks Biden.

Now Trump is saying he even phoned Melania back in Washington to say how disappointed he was that he couldn’t go to the military cemetery outside of Paris. In fact, Melania was with him in Paris. He just made up his alibi. pic.twitter.com/pYErQ3yMB6

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (@aravosis) September 4, 2020

Trump again says he did a great job with the VA MISSION Act, saying that “what Obama passed was a joke.”

Regardless of your views on the quality of the Choice program, I think this is the first time Trump has acknowledged Obama signed it. #progress #pivot

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Trump is again denying the Atlantic report. He is now criticizing John Kelly, his former homeland security secretary and chief of staff, as exhausted and unable to handle pressure.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2020

Trump flees, press got more questions in, probably because Biden did a much better presser today.

🚨🚨This is a must watch!!! pic.twitter.com/X3Byt50kuy

— Andrew (@TheRealAndrew_) September 4, 2020