Trump - binge TV from 5am to noon - angry even w/ Fox, worried about extent history will blame him

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/politics/coronavirus-trump.html

Home Alone at the White House: A Sour President, With TV His Constant Companion
As his administration grapples with reopening the economy and responding to the coronavirus crisis, President Trump worries about his re-election and how the news media is portraying him.

WASHINGTON — President Trump arrives in the Oval Office these days as late as noon, when he is usually in a sour mood after his morning marathon of television.

He has been up in the White House master bedroom as early as 5 a.m. watching Fox News, then CNN, with a dollop of MSNBC thrown in for rage viewing. He makes calls with the TV on in the background, his routine since he first arrived at the White House.

But now there are differences.

The president sees few allies no matter which channel he clicks. He is angry even with Fox, an old security blanket, for not portraying him as he would like to be seen. And he makes time to watch Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s briefings from New York, closely monitoring for a sporadic compliment or snipe.

Confined to the White House, the president is isolated from the supporters, visitors, travel and golf that once entertained him, according to more than a dozen administration officials and close advisers who spoke about Mr. Trump’s strange new life. He is tested weekly, as is Vice President Mike Pence, for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The economy — Mr. Trump’s main case for re-election — has imploded. News coverage of his handling of the coronavirus has been overwhelmingly negative as Democrats have condemned him for a lack of empathy, honesty and competence in the face of a pandemic. Even Republicans have criticized Mr. Trump’s briefings as long-winded and his rough handling of critics as unproductive.

His own internal polling shows him sliding in some swing states, a major reason he declared a temporary halt to the issuance of green cards to those outside the United States. The executive order — watered down with loopholes after an uproar from business groups — was aimed at pleasing his political base, people close to him said, and was the kind of move Mr. Trump makes when things feel out of control. Friends who have spoken to him said he seemed unsettled and worried about losing the election.

But the president’s primary focus, advisers said, is assessing how his performance on the virus is measured in the news media, and the extent to which history will blame him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/politics/coronavirus-trump.html

[UTUSN]

1. Note to SHITLER: It ain't "how PORTRAYED" - it's showing how you ARE!

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[Yonnie3]

2. It's circular

He does his TV day and gets primed to "fix" all of it in his evening "briefing". The briefing makes for more critical TV in the morning. He gets even more worked up and determined to turn it around in the evening. A vicious circle.

Perhaps these "briefings" will be his undoing, because like a moth and a flame he can't stay away.

[Skittles]

3. he literally only cares about himself and his image

he is pathetic beyond belief

[Stuart G]

5. Just 5 of your words say it all,....". he is pathetic beyond belief"

6 more..."he literally only cares about himself"

......................................that is it and that is all........................... ..... ....... ..... ...

[Skittles]

10. I would feel sorry for him if he didn't cause SO MUCH DAMAGE

I absolutely DESPISE him and don't even get me started on the fucking morons who actually VOTED for him

[Tommymac]

6. +100000 n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Well well,the Orange Anus

just does not get it,people want him to resign.

[niyad]

7. Keep watching, you murdering bastard. Maybe your rage will literally explode what passes

for your brain (Ned a hazmat team for that). You are the pandemic, you are the danger.

[Stuart G]

8. History will prove your 8 words,.. "You are the pandemic, you are the danger"

...Trump will prove out to be the .."worst president during a time of crises "

[whistler162]

9. Dud(e) you coulda been a contender

you coulda been someone. Instead, you are a bum! All you had to do was release the Federal government to do what they used to do best. Manage vast resources to fight a problem! But you hid and wobbled indecisively.

[captain queeg]

11. I wish he'd tune in on people laughing at him

He just can’t stand that.

[Demovictory9]

12. He must see all those cartoons of him that emphasize the orange tan, comb over, long red tie

[Initech]

13. I want a president who doesn't sit around and watch TV all day.

That would be nice.

[CatWoman]

14. K; R

[Baclava]

15. He should be worried, remember those pictures of Mussolini hanging upside down in the plaza?

That's how the world wants to view you