Fox News is holding a virtual town hall with Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and other members of the coronavirus task force, as thus far, it’s a whole lot of crazy.
Trump opened the town hall by discussing closing the borders and slamming Joe Biden.
Trump says his decision to close the borders to China was instinctive, not based on the recommendations of advisers. Nobody else was in favor, he said.
“Call it luck or call it talent, it doesn’t matter.”
Then he went after “Sleepy” Joe Biden:
Trump has been on the town hall for less than 2 minutes and he's already attacking Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/QAF7OK6jxD [1]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [2]
Trump then compared the coronavirus mortality rate to that of the flu and automobile accidents as he justified the need to restart the economy.
Trump suggests going back to work during a pandemic is really no big deal because lots of people die from the flu and car accidents pic.twitter.com/pRTjmLH7xo [3]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [4]
Trump: the faster we go back to work, the better the economy will be:
TRUMP: "The faster we go back, the better it's gonna be." pic.twitter.com/o0ZW41k3o0 [5]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [6]
Then Trump had to lash out at his mortal enemy…the windmill. You know, those things that cause cancer. Well, here Trump said they kill birds and ruin real estate:
“Windmills.. they kill the birds and ruin the real estate” pic.twitter.com/KRRCdeVIDq [7]
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) March 24, 2020 [8]
Watch this, and tell me the 25th Amendment shouldn’t be considered. This literally makes ZERO sense:
Trump bizarrely compares his decision to recommend social distancing guidelines to Erdogan signing a deal with the Kurds, as both leaders didn't want to do it but felt obligated to pic.twitter.com/2yenI3B5l8 [9]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [10]
Trump then reasserted his claim from Monday that thousands would die of suicide if he didn’t order everyone back to work:
The President says thousands would die from suicide while a Fox News graphic displays thousands of Coronavirus deaths pic.twitter.com/S71008ZEy5 [11]
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) March 24, 2020 [12]
Trump then attacked New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for not buying ventilators sooner, and used an article from right-wing conspiracy blog Gateway Pundit to prove his point:
"He's supposed to be buying his own ventilators" — Trump is now attacking Andrew Cuomo for saying the federal government should do more to provide New York with needed medical gear pic.twitter.com/qPGd6diWm1 [13]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [14]
Trump then claimed he wanted to end social distancing by Easter, which is on April 12 this year, to which host Bill Hemmer says, “a resurrection!”
I can’t even believe what I am watching.
Trump on ending social distancing: "I would love to have it opened by Easter." (That's April 12)
"That would be a great American resurrection," host Bill Hemmer replies. pic.twitter.com/G1AhP1biNI [15]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020 [16]