I'm watching the Donald Trump live news conference because I hate myself and want to suffer He's putting in some kind of temporary tax relief. He says he'll make it permanent if he wins
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He spent about ten minutes ranting about voter fraud at the beginning. Claimed that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer want to release violent felons and "tear down the wall" It turns out you can just say whatever the fuck you want
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He's bragging about the stock market now. Says he hoped everyone had confidence in their president and didn't sell I will concede that the stock market recovery is an astounding feat of human hubris in the face of obvious ruin
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Trump just said that the Democrats are the ones pushing to reopen schools, and that his priority is protecting the most vulnerable He's pivoting
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Somehow the Democrats are both irresponsibly pushing to open the economy AND trying to ruin the economy by keeping it closed Everything is shit but I'm not going to lie: as someone who's studied fascism for years it is cool as shit to see it happening in real time
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Trump is signing the executive orders and offering the press corps the pens if they'd like them as a souvenir The press corps applauds Why is my mouth open why does this shock me
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Trump opened with something about passing VA reform. Didn't bother to mention it A press corps member points out that this was passed in 2014 Trump says "Thank you" and ends the conference. A snippet of YMCA plays before the screen goes dark Surreal
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