Let me be very clear so we can hold off on all the emails. I am about to blast Trump’s presser through a wall, and yet I am well aware that the people alongside Trump (excluding Bill Barr) are fine American citizens, including military, career civil servants, and they are simply doing their job. At least half of them have to be humiliated standing up there having to hear this.
That being said, pound for pound, this press briefing was a far bigger insult to our intelligence and our empathy than any thus far, and I am damn well not the only one who knows it:
ah the new Trump tone https://t.co/bdGWBXtil9 [1]
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 1, 2020 [2]
Yes, that is George Conway making fun the media who noted “Trump’s new tone” yesterday – which we noted went away fast as he phase-shifted into “real Trump” in the same press conference.
And yes, we had to endure hearing the brag about being number one on Twitter and/or Facebook, as there is disagreement on which he bragged about at which particular time.
Esper said there’s a "narrative out there” that “we should just shut down the entire US military.” Esper is a bullshit artist.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 1, 2020 [3]
I believe the narrative was set by Trump, as a prop. The narrative is “let’s say ‘some people said to shut-down the military.'” Esper is just following orders, which didn’t work for Nazis, so maybe it shouldn’t work here, either.
He doesn’t have the most followers on FB.
He’s not a Kardashian or Beyoncé.
— ForThePeople🧕🏼👨🏽🌾👩🏻🦰👨🏾🎓🧔🏻🧑🏼👧🏻 (@Four_The_People) April 1, 2020 [4]
So that’s settled. But he does have a darker ta … make-up.
Okay President boomer https://t.co/NSGQCNZdfl [5]
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 1, 2020 [6]
That’s mean. And deserved.
Here is something absolutely true. He is not “somber.”
Anyone who says he now soberly accepts the realiity of the pandemic. No. He switched claims. From we're doing a fantastic job, the virus is like 15 people to we're doing a fantastic job, if we did nothing it would be millions dead.
Those calling him sober are the marks.
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 31, 2020 [7]
And we do want to point out that we said “somber-sounding” not actually “somber,” and did state he went insane, which was not exactly genius insight on our part. But we are not part of the fool parade.
MSNBC went in and out of the briefing, attempting to cut out the bullshit, Niccccceeee move, Chuck. (I personally think Chuck Todd gets abused far too badly by the left. He’s not one of the “Greats.” But he’s not the satan the left makes him out to be. He’s alright. Let’s be reasonable, people.)
This is the perfect summation, Trump noticed the “Monday Night Football” ratings, and so he now phases Trump campaign props – like 4-star generals, who would be illegal to use in the campaign – and sets them up between questions about coronavirus:
Pres. Trump has gone from *literally cancelling* the regular White House press briefing, before this outbreak, to trying to jam promotion of other topics into the allotted time for the virus briefing.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 1, 2020 [8]
More on board?
Exactly. And he'll do this day after day after day. Time for the media to remove the cameras and shut it down. Nothing to see here, folks. https://t.co/E2JSyJdnta [9]
— Ramona Grigg 🏡 (@RamonaGrigg) April 1, 2020 [10]
Did you know there were some states that “don’t have much of a problem?” Trump just let us know that there were some states that only had “hundreds,” and thus we have to have some flexibility. Has someone not taught him the “yet” principle? Is he like a dog? Can’t see past today?
I am actually going to end now on something smarter than Trump, doing a great deed. Good girl:
Sandra the orangutang started washing her hands because she saw all the zookeepers doing it repeatedly during the COVID-19 crisis.
Wash your hands.
Be more like Sandra.🌎❤️🧼🌎 pic.twitter.com/t8TTizDGeD [11]— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) April 1, 2020 [12]
Watch this and weep:
Asked about why he's tweeting about sensitive national security matters, Trump talks about how popular he is on Facebook pic.twitter.com/ZVqSeOELOo [13]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 1, 2020 [14]
Peace, y’all
Jason
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