Donald Trump is holding his daily coronavirus press conference, and he began the presser by bizarrely stating it’s a “beautiful day.”
WHAT?
The United States just surpassed both China and Italy in the most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, according to data from the New York Times [1].
The NYT reports the U.S. has at least 81,321 people who are known to have contracted the virus. As of Thursday, more than 1,000 people have died.
Covid-19 cases rose significantly in not only New York state and city, but also Louisiana, Illinois, and California.
World Health Organization spokesperson, Margaret Harris, told the press on Tuesday that America had a chance to become the new epicenter of the virus for the world as cases continued to escalate in the country.
“We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it does have that potential,” she said.
Trump immediately mispronounced the name of President Xi of China:
"President Gee of China" pic.twitter.com/KzupmtTNQ1 [2]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020 [3]
What the heck does this even mean:
"President Moon of … as you know, a country we spend a lot of time in. South Korea, we're working very hard on that." #wut [4] pic.twitter.com/L6cVTcvYsy [5]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020 [6]
Trump then announced he was going to kiss a boat. God help us.
Here's Trump announcing his plans to kiss a boat goodbye pic.twitter.com/9C9j48xMsM [7]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020 [8]
Trump is also clearly pushing people to get back to work ASAP:
"Our people want to go back to work. I'm hearing it loud and clear from everybody … they have to go back to work" — Trump (polling released yesterday actually showed 74 percent of voters favor more stringent social distancing) pic.twitter.com/qdERzAKcMc [9]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020 [10]
When asked about restaurants shuttering, Trump says he knows the restaurant business more than anyone, of course. Typical Trump BS:
Asked about a report that thousands of restaurants around the country could close, Trump goes into a discussion of his own experience owning a restaurant: "I know the business very well. I understand the restaurant business." Without detail, he adds, "they'll all come back." pic.twitter.com/yPFxE66a5h [11]
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) March 26, 2020 [12]
Oh, guess what, Trump tries to blame Obama again!!
Trump, who reportedly ignored a pandemic response playbook put together during the Obama years, claims nobody could've seen a pandemic coming and tries to blame Obama for his lack of preparation pic.twitter.com/7rjpwb7V5X [13]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 26, 2020 [14]