A US president praises authoritarian leaders & openly supports their efforts to crush a free press. Years ago, when @nytimes reporters in China were threatened w/ expulsion, the Obama White House spoke to Beijing about the principle of press freedoms. We stayed & kept reporting. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1249118778404765696

Trump appears to be trying to discredit @nytimes because of its big story on his failures w/ the virus. And here’s the NYT story he speaks falsely of — it says New York outbreak likely began w/ traveler from Europe, but virus’ origin is likely in China. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-europe-genomes.amp.html

And this is the lead @nytimes story today, which appears to have angered Trump — an investigation into how he & top aides ignored many warnings & failed to contain or mitigate virus’ spread. More than 20,000 Americans have died & economy is in shambles. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html