Trump says he's bringing back daily coronavirus ratings because they got good ratings.

[highplainsdem]

From the NYT's Peter Baker:

Link to tweet

Trump says he is bringing back the daily coronavirus briefings starting tomorrow because they got good ratings. “I was doing them and we had a lot of people watching, record numbers watching in the history of cable television, and there’s never been anything like it,” he says.

[kimbutgar]

1. I'll pass on that turd show !

[HotTeaBag]

17. So too will the vast majority of Americans at this point.

His lies and fake media bashing is boring to everyone but his most ardent supporters.

[idziak4ever1234]

2. People are tuning in to watch him self destruct

[brush]

10. Yes, he seems to have forgotten why he stopped doing them.

It was something about injecting bleach or some such into the body to clean out the virus "in a minute"—something like that.

After that Wallace interview yesterday you'd think his advisers would encourage him not to do this, but he probably thinks he did a great job in the Wallace interview.

Self delusion is a powerful drug, especially in combination with Adderol.

[cayugafalls]

3. Mini Rallies.

That is all they will be. He will bash Joe at every turn. You can bank on it.

[malaise]

4. That MoFo is sick

“I was doing them and we had a lot of people watching, record numbers watching in the history of cable television, and there’s never been anything like it,” he says.

If he ever knew why we watched - waiting for the final melt-down.

[duforsure]

5. The more he speaks, and tweets ,

The more will abandon this mental defect, and vote him out of office.

[Newest Reality]

6. Him and Kanye...

Him and Kanye are now competing for the crazy and surreal award. They are like media whore twins.

ATTENTION! Get yer' cray cray on. That's probably the most compelling reason that they are being watched at all. Ultra-cray!

[stillcool]

7. the biggest turd on tv

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Absolutely worthless and a waste of valuable TV time...I am seriously hoping that the networks...

don't participate in this farce and give the idiot in chief a single minute of air time over what literally have been a circus clown show or circus side show. I for one, will never turn the TV on, will never watch this gutter mouth.

[gulliver]

9. The "star" was bound to shove McEnany offstage once the bleach injection ridicule died down.

The media needs to pick up the next episode right where the last episode left off. "Sir, do you now think it was dumb of you to suggest that bleach injections might be used to fight the virus?"

[tanyev]

11. Better to speak and remove all doubt of being a fool, as long as you get good ratings.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. He's TV "Talent" nothing more. A showman. A huckster.

And like a lot of talent on TV these days, he's dumb as a rock.

And he's doing a terrible of acting like a president.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. I'ts free press

Folks - I know lots of folks want to 'know'.

I finished reading Mary Trump's book yesterday.

The best thing we could do - the absolute best?

NEVER WATCH IN REAL TIME,

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Whew

I thought that he was doing them because he's finally decided to start being more responsible for fighting COVID or something.

[peggysue2]

15. Good!

The more Trump blathers about the virus and displays his total ignorance the better.

Keep on digging, Donnie!

Btw, I read an article this morning where Paul Ryan said the State of Wisconsin is dead to Trump, a 70-30% upheaval. He went on to say, if Trump cannot turn around Wisconsin and the midwest states, he's done. Duh.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

16. LOL. That's when his approval rating began to really tank.

Please proceed.

[IcyPeas]

18. Kellyanne Conway suggested he do them again to raise his poll nos.

To hear Conway tell it, Trump's polls "were much higher" when he did daily coronavirus briefings. I'm not sure she's fully thought this one through.
Asked on Fox News why most Americans oppose Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, Conway replied, “The president’s numbers were much higher when he was out there briefing everybody on a day-by-day basis about the coronavirus, just giving people the information.”

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/kellyanne-conway-acknowledges-spins-trump-s-drop-polls-n1234168

[HotTeaBag]

19. 'Just giving people information'.

Oh is that what that was?

[OAITW r.2.0]

20. Wait till the shitshow gets cancelled in Nov. due to low ratings...nt

[bamagal62]

21. I'm so tired of hearing,

“There’s never been anything like it.”

[Initech]

22. Because there's fucking nothing else to do!

This is like that Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob steals the nuclear bomb and gets Springfield to shut down TV for good. But then Krusty realizes that he could get 100% of the ratings if he hijacks the emergency broadcasting system.

Really, I would like to tell Donnie where he can go shove his precious ratings.