TRUMP: "Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I just found out I'm number one on Facebook." (Trump has 29 million followers; Obama has 53 million.)
Good to see that Trump is laser-focused on the coronavirus pandemic
REPORTER: Over 5 million undocumented immigrants who pay taxes won't receive aid from the government during this crisis. How do you suppose they survive?

TRUMP: "They came in illegally, and we have a lot of people who are citizens of our country who won't have jobs."
TRUMP: "We're gonna have a boom economy. I think it's gonna go up rather quickly. Maybe very quickly. And maybe slowly." #analysis
"I think what we're seeing health insurance companies do today is really inspiring" -- Pence's plan for Americans who don't have health insurance and get sick with Covid-19 is for them to rely on the insurance companies
"I think that's one of the greatest answers I've ever heard. Because Mike was able to speak for 5 minutes and not even touch your question" -- Pence was so evasive in response to a question about health care for uninsured people that even Trump teased him about it
Trump is now in the habit of trying to blame Obama, who left office in 2017, for the CDC botching the development of a coronavirus test in January and February 2020
"You know that's a false story" -- Trump hits back at John Roberts of Fox News after Roberts correctly notes that Trump disbanded the executive branch team responsible for coordinating responses to pandemics https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/
A reporter tries to ask Trump a question about a surge in domestic violence but Trump mishears him and says, "about Mexican violence?"
After acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf answers a question, Trump stops him from leaving the podium and tells him, "can you talk about how tight that southern border is right now?"
"He's doing a wonderful job" -- Trump concludes the presser by praising Bolsonaro, who's doing such a poor job handling the coronavirus that state governors are ignoring him https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/brazil-bolsonaro-ignored-by-state-governors-amid-anger-at-handling-of-covid-19-crisis
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