Fox News' Brit Hume: Donald Trump "Could Stop Talking Much Sooner" At Coronavirus Briefings, Avoid

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Fox News’ Brit Hume: Donald Trump “Could Stop Talking Much Sooner” At Coronavirus Briefings, Avoid Bragging About Ratings

After President Donald Trump blasted the Wall Street Journal for an editorial that deemed his nightly coronavirus briefings a waste of time, Fox News’ Brit Hume had his own few words of advice.

The Journal editorial said that the briefings had become “a boring show of the president vs. the press.” That triggered Trump, who tweeted on Thursday afternoon, “The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News!”

Trump has previously boasted about the ratings that have been generated by the nightly briefings, which have started with his opening statement, questions from the press, and then statements from Vice President Mike Pence and the Coronavirus Task Force. The next briefing is scheduled to start on Thursday at 6 PM ET.

But after Trump’s tweet, Hume, senior political analyst for Fox News Channel, responded, “This is a ridiculous tweet. He could get his views across without bragging, endlessly repeating himself, and getting into petty squabbles with the junior varsity players in the WH press corps. And he could stop talking much sooner to give Pence, Fauci, Birx and Giroir more time.”

More at:
https://deadline.com/2020/04/coronavirus-donald-trump-fox-news-brit-hume-1202905149/amp/

[msongs]

1. viewers are going there for the news related people, NOT trump lol whatta loser nt

[Skittles]

2. LOL

oh is poor widdle Brit just now realizing Trump is a SELF-SERVING PIECE OF SHIT?

[SheltieLover]

3. That's gonna leave a mark!

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Brit, Brit buddy, are you really so thick that you didn't know from the beginning....

these would turn into campaign events.

[Blue Owl]

5. What's that, Brit? The Emperor's new clothes are slightly out of fashion?

n/t

[MFGsunny]

6. OMG OMG OMG Never, evah did I think I could agree with Brit Hume. n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. This is a HUGE deal for Hume to say these things!

[Maru Kitteh]

8. So we've moved from "If only he wouldn't Tweet" to "If only he wouldn't talk." I'm

waiting for them to catch up with all of us and move on to "If only he wouldn't breathe."