Trump Bungles Hit on Cuomo and Shatters Own Wrongness Record on "1917" Pandemic

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(The Intercept) It was amateur hour at the White House on Sunday, as the president’s effort to neutralize criticism of his failure to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic was undermined by his A/V team, and he mistakenly referred to the 1918 flu pandemic as something that happened in 1917 for the 24th time in the past five weeks.

As he did last week, Trump took took time out of what was supposed to be a briefing to update the American people on the public health emergency to screen clips of a political rival, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, praising aspects of the federal response to the crisis. The aim was not to inform or reassure the public, but to settle a personal score.

When the first clip, of remarks from Cuomo earlier on Sunday, began with the sound turned down, Trump mocked his own tech team from the stage. “No sound?” Trump asked. “Other than that, it’s a good clip — he’s a nice looking guy,” he added sarcastically. ..............(more)

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/20/trump-bungles-hit-cuomo-shatters-wrongness-record-1917-pandemic/

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1. I practically fell off the couch laughing at their incompetence and ineptness. Gee, how could they

be bungling this pandemic response so badly? And then the attempted follow-up/correction, maybe 30 minutes later, which STILL did not illustrate what he was so clearly looking for - namely, ass-kissing from Andrew Cuomo.