Trump's COVID-19 press conference was incoherent and contentless. Shouldn't that be news?

[babylonsister]

Trump's COVID-19 press conference was incoherent and contentless. Shouldn't that be news?
Hunter
Daily Kos Staff
Thursday February 27, 2020 · 4:51 PM EST


For anyone who actually watched Donald Trump's yet-again-bizarre performance in yesterday's supposed COVID-19 press briefing, the takeaways were predictable—but unambiguous. Trump gave approximately zero actual information, other than announcing Mike Pence would be in charge of it all. If anything, and as usual, Trump un-informed the public about the spread of COVID by making bizarrely false claims about the borders and arbitrarily declaring there to be "15" infected patients in the United States, despite the actual known number being, at the time of his speech, at least 60. Everything else was generalities of the usual Trump sort when he has no actual information to convey, and has had no interest in collecting information that should be conveyed.

He bashed critics. He gave false assurances that were contradicted by the public health officials he introduced. He fidgeted in the background like a bored child as others talked. But mostly, when faced with a public health crisis that could swiftly reach pandemic proportions and kill millions in worst-case scenarios, he said nothing.

At Press Watch, Dan Froomkin runs down the list of big media responses to Wednesday's baffling Donald Trump presser about the emerging COVID-19 pandemic.

The problem, as Froomkin sees it: The press continues to cover up Trump's "terrifying incoherence" even now. They’re doing so even though Trump's obvious incoherence may be zero point zero hours away from killing people.

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[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. When is he EVER coherent? n/t

[LisaM]

2. Maybe the press is trying to not yell "Fire" in a crowded theatre.

I mean, who knows? Things could be way worse than we know (I wouldn't be surprised) and the press is just trying to maintain some level of stability.

[mopinko]

3. HE.USED.THE.SAME.20.WORDS.HE.ALWAYS.USES.ABOUT.EVERYTHING.

i was screaming at my teevee. the same old phrases, over and over, saying exactly fucking nothing.
jesus. i knew that third grade vocabulary was going to cause trouble eventually.

[Skittles]

4. imagine if a woman or POC spoke and behaved like Trump

seriously

[lame54]

5. Morning Joe cast LOVED it