Trump begins the April 23 #TrumpPressBriefing by claiming that he's spoken with unnamed "numerous" world leaders over the past two days and "they are saying we are leading the way" in the coronavirus response. (The US has the most cases and the most deaths.)pic.twitter.com/Emnyk8XelX
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Trump says he doesn't agree with Dr. Fauci's claim that the US needs to do more to address its coronavirus testing shortfallpic.twitter.com/iBH8ObCmaC
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"We started with nothing ... we started with a broken test" -- Trump tries to pass the buck for the CDC botching the development of a coronavirus test in January and February of this yearpic.twitter.com/dNyEUaIAol
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"It is interesting that the states are in trouble do happen to be blue. It is interesting" -- Trump suggests Democrats are responsible for the financial troubles of blue statespic.twitter.com/Gfge2w1xKg
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Get a load of Dr. Birx's demeanor after Trump tells her, "I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [coronavirus]."pic.twitter.com/TP0QoSzkYl
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"I'm the president and you're fake news" -- Trump to
@PhilipRucker after he asks him if it's responsible to make all sorts of wacky and unproven suggestions about possible coronavirus treatmentspic.twitter.com/8ag4izDrGjShow this thread -
"I hear the report was an incorrect report ... I think it was a fake report done by CNN ... don't talk to me" -- Trump denies reports that Kim Jong Un is in grave health and slams
@kaitlancollins in the processpic.twitter.com/aJFlT2XgDrShow this thread -
"I wasn't happy with Brian Kemp ... and I coulda done something about it if I wanted to" -- an angry Trump on Georgia governor's move to reopen businessespic.twitter.com/ACTyGqekCG
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Trump concludes the briefing by lamenting that "the media has not done the great job we've done" responding to the coronavirus. (The US has the most cases and deaths in the world.) He also mixes in some whining about the Russia investigation and his impeachment.pic.twitter.com/WhYvuR3moN
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Trump just mused about whether injecting humans with household disinfectants could treat coronavirus. Really.https://www.vox.com/2020/4/23/21233628/trump-disinfectant-injections-sunlight-coronavirus-briefing …
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Aaron, c'mon, he's talking about per capita and you know it.
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And are we doing better than Germany on a per capita basis?
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