The April 8 #TrumpPressBriefing begins with Mike Pompeo awkwardly standing aroundpic.twitter.com/IvOslSw4r0
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Trump, to his credit, says he'll "rely very heavily" on health experts when deciding when to recommend the relaxing of social distancing guidelines (though he clearly wants to do it soon)pic.twitter.com/BUs0KFFwCG
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A reporter just asked Trump if he'd consider a pardon for Joe Exotic. Trump says he'll "take a look." #TigerKingpic.twitter.com/9S2ssZGzPL
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"I don't remember that" -- Trump dodges a question about whether he was ever briefed on memos Peter Navarro prepared for him in January and February warning that the coronavirus could be very bad. He also tries to shift blame to the WHO.pic.twitter.com/G3C7jHkFmL
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TRUMP: "If we can stay substantially under 100,000 [American deaths] -- which was the original projection -- I think we did a very good job."pic.twitter.com/ZgyP1E139f
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Trump still hasn't figured out that the 1918 flu pandemic didn't happen in 1917pic.twitter.com/sTAYCmIOrd
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Pressed by
@Acosta to provide evidence of electoral fraud, Trump promises to get back to him and then cites a Judicial Watch story that PolitiFact rated "pants on fire" https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/24/donald-trump/pants-fire-trumps-latest-california-voter-fraud-cl/ …pic.twitter.com/zDQe0pSwK2Show this thread -
Trump on why he's promoting unproven drugs as possible coronavirus treatments: "I'm not a doctor, but I'm a person with common sense."pic.twitter.com/fcqe9CG54c
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Trump on Obama: "He's know something [about Joe Biden] that you don't know. That I think I know. But you don't know."pic.twitter.com/gA30s1JnII
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Trump on desire he stated two weeks ago to relax social distancing by Easter: "I don't think we're going to be very far behind. Some of these models are looking like Easter is going to be a very important date anyway b/c of the curve. It's hitting the top & starting to come down"pic.twitter.com/96T3SmqKlY
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As he walks away from the podium, Trump is asked by
@Acosta if he has any investments in hydroxychloroquine. "No I don't. Good question," Trump replies.pic.twitter.com/3yUzXLoHeLShow this thread -
"You will always have conspiracy theories ... they are nothing but distractions"-- here's Birx and Fauci pushing back on an idea that's gained prominence on Fox News in recent days: that coronavirus deaths are inflated because sick people are dying with Covid, not because of itpic.twitter.com/jBDhheFv3O
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Who is that reporter and who does he work for?
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NY Post apparently
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