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Trump Walks Out of Coronavirus Presser After Blaming Nancy Pelosi for ‘Trying to Create a Panic’ to Hurt Him

During his coronavirus press conference Wednesday night, Donald Trump was asked for his response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he doesn’t know what he’s talking about on the subject.

The president called Pelosi “incompetent,” saying, “She lost the Congress once. I think she’s going to lose it again. She lifted my poll numbers up ten points.”

“She’s not thinking about the country,” he continued.

Trump said he wants to work with Congress to solve the problem, but added, “Nancy Pelosi should go back to her district and clean it up… She’s trying to create a panic. There’s no reason to panic.”

“All they’re trying to do is get a political advantage. This isn’t about political advantage. We’re all trying to do the right thing. They shouldn’t be saying, ‘This is terrible. President Trump isn’t asking for enough money.’ How stupid a thing to say? If they want to give us more money, we’ll that’s okay, we’ll take more money… but they shouldn’t demean the people on the stage that are the finest in the world. They’re not demeaning me. They’re demeaning the greatest health care professionals in the world.”

Here is Nancy Pelosi telling the truth, something Trump refuses to do:

Trump then basically got bored of answering questions and left, and told everyone to wish Pence good luck. What a guy.

Trump said the officials would remain to answer questions but they didn’t. There was this one odd moment:

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