Trump Will Resume Coronavirus Briefings

[RandySF]

President Trump on Monday said he will resume giving regular coronavirus briefings this week, reviving a practice that is controversial among some aides as infections surge across the United States.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he would deliver a briefing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. It would mark his first time participating in a coronavirus briefing since late April.

The president gave daily briefings from the White House through March and April, providing updates on the administration's response to the pandemic. But the question-and-answer sessions regularly devolved into Trump bashing governors, sparring with the press and making factually inaccurate statements that undercut the federal government's overall messaging.

Some advisers have pushed in recent weeks for him to bring back the briefings, however, as his poll numbers sink and the outbreak worsens. They have argued the briefings would allow Trump to show the public he is taking a leading role in responding to the virus, even as he continues to insist it will "disappear."




https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/508106-trump-to-resume-covid-19-briefings

[Binkie The Clown]

1. Good news!

He will fumble and make a fool of himself in front of the American public, over and over, and over, driving his ratings even lower.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. You are correct, Binkie....

Hard to deny the truth no matter how Trump spins this. Americans are NOT confident. He is killing his base as well.

[FarPoint]

2. Lets hope they never cover this in the MSM....

This is only a campaign opportunity...not even close to a covid-19 briefing!

[lagomorph777]

10. I disagree. Everything he says in these shitshows will make great material for Biden ads.

[FarPoint]

18. Well...maybe...

I actually like tRump blocked out...no feel good hate rallys...etc...

[Javaman]

3. he continues to struggle for attention since his bund rallies have been cancelled....

they will be nothing more than campaign promotions disguised as briefings.

[FarPoint]

5. Exactly!

This is a faux and misleading briefing plan...Just fee campaign time.

[helpisontheway]

6. Kellyanne Conway wants him to do it. She said his ratings were higher

when he did the briefings. She is right but they were still very low. I hope people are not fooled by him. Just because he is in the room does not mean a thing. He is trying to exclude funding for testing/tracing. Plus he lies about covid every single day..

[herding cats]

9. Hicks and Kushner wanted them held away from the WH so Trump wouldn't show up.

It looks like Kellyanne won this round.

[lagomorph777]

11. His ratings were higher before he killed 140,000 people. Not because his "briefings" were helping.

[soothsayer]

7. Should be good for a laff

[herding cats]

8. More sage advice like drinking Clorox and sticking UV lights up our bums?

While Birx flashes charts of models which don't apply to us here in the US.

I already feel safer.

[lagomorph777]

13. Trump has his own models: Melanoma, Stormy, Karen McDougal, ...

[nolabear]

12. Otherwise known as campaign rallies. Time to go big, Joe.

I pray Fauci doesn’t give these the time of day.

[captain queeg]

14. They will go on till the first time he says something insanely stupid

In other words, not very long. He might manage a couple but if the reporters actually ask him serious questions he’ll throw a hissy fit and storm off.

[stillcool]

15. must have some product he wants to pimp...

He'll be trying to sell something.

[BGBD]

16. Be still me heart!

Just when everyone thought he had bottomed out, he decides to put himself on TV daily again.

What was it about that Chris Wallace interview that made anyone in the White House think this was a good idea?

[Midnight Writer]

17. Will MSNBC preempt Joy Reid's interviews with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton for this?