The White House coronavirus task force is holding another press briefing tonight, after a virtual town hall on Fox News this afternoon.
Thousands of people across the country have tested positive for coronavirus and governors from California to New York requesting everything from more masks to hospital beds.
During that aforementioned town hall, the president offered Easter as a potential target date for when national guidelines could be relaxed and the country could get back to work, despite the ongoing health concerns. Even Dr. Oz questioned the president on that timeline.
Trump opened the presser by whining that it’s been a busy day. To Trump, this means being on an hour-long Fox News town hall and tweeting nonstop.
"It's been a very busy day," says the president who appeared on two Fox News shows, posted 35 tweets or retweets, and is now doing a press conference pic.twitter.com/hyRUIUiHIi [1]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [2]
Trump then bragged about the stock market going up today…but suspiciously left out the fact that it has dropped over 10,000 points under his watch.
"They see that we want to get our country open as soon as possible — Trump is back to bragging about the stock market, even though it's basically flat from his inauguration now pic.twitter.com/snp47JPSD4 [3]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [4]
Trump then got weird and talked about how much he loved Larry Kudlow’s voice:
Trump on Larry Kudlow: "I've been hearing that voice for so many years … and it's a great voice, and it's a great man." pic.twitter.com/mJNF6WXKrW [5]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [6]
Trump was then asked what data he had for choosing Easter, April 12th, for opening the economy and he said he chose the day because it’s a “beautiful day.”
REPORTER: You said you would like to see churches packed on Easter. Do you public health experts think that's a realistic timeline?
TRUMP: "I think we're looking at a timeline. We're discussing it."
R: Who suggested Easter?
TRUMP: "I just thought it was a beautiful time." pic.twitter.com/Qbu6ZNhNvr [7]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [8]
Luckily Dr. Fauci was there to give some facts, and said the Easter date is “flexible.”
FAUCI gently tries to walk back Trump pushing Easter timeline for relaxing social distancing: "That's really very flexible." pic.twitter.com/ISBnyzWsTl [9]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [10]