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Trump to @PaulaReidCBS, who asked him about the slow federal coronavirus response: "You are so disgraceful ... you know you& #39;re a fake."
Trump is now trying to blame Obama for the fact he didn& #39;t replenish the national stockpile of ventilators or masks during his first three years in office
TRUMP: "We are close to completing a plan to open our country hopefully even ahead of schedule...our country& #39;s going to opened"
Trump then alludes to committee reportedly w/ Jared & Ivanka on it & says members will be comprised of "most successful people in their various fields"
Trump then alludes to committee reportedly w/ Jared & Ivanka on it & says members will be comprised of "most successful people in their various fields"
Get a load of Trump swaying around here
REPORTER: In regard to some of your tweets earlier today, what provision in the Constitution gives the president the power to open or close state economies?
TRUMP: "Numerous -- numerous provisions. We can give you a legal brief if you want." (He never named one.)
TRUMP: "Numerous -- numerous provisions. We can give you a legal brief if you want." (He never named one.)
TRUMP on possibility states won& #39;t want to relax social distancing as quick he would like: "The president of the United States calls the shots ... it& #39;s a decision for the president ... they can& #39;t do anything without the approval of the president."
TRUMP: "When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that& #39;s the way it& #39;s gotta be. It& #39;s total."
. @kaitlancollins: You said when someone is the president, their authority is total. That is not true.
TRUMP: "Okay -- you know what we& #39;re going to do? We& #39;re going to write up papers on this. It& #39;s not gonna be necessary. Because the governors need us one way or the other."
TRUMP: "Okay -- you know what we& #39;re going to do? We& #39;re going to write up papers on this. It& #39;s not gonna be necessary. Because the governors need us one way or the other."
"Enough" -- Trump shushes @kaitlancollins as she tries to question him about his dictatorial statements
Trump takes a leading question from an OAN sycophant who basically asks him if he plans to crack down on Michigan and its Democratic governor
"I support the president& #39;s leadership under the national emergency declaration he signed" -- Mike Pence suggests he has no objection to Trump (falsely) characterizing his power as "total"
TRUMP on reports of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea: "We have a relationship with China that, uh, we& #39;re not happy with certain things that happened over the last period of time ... we& #39;ll be just fine."
TRUMP: "The federal government has absolute power. It has the power. As to whether or not I& #39;ll use that power -- we& #39;ll see ... I have an absolute right."
Asked about Biden, Trump still tries some H1N1 whataboutism -- even though more people have died in a much more compressed period of time from coronavirus
TRUMP: "We& #39;re having a religious leaders committee...you& #39;ve been seeing what& #39;s going on at the churches...we& #39;re gonna to have a few committees, & then ultimately we& #39;re gonna make decisions & we& #39;re gonna make them fairly quickly & I think they& #39;re going to be the correct decisions"
Trump closes with some thoughts on his friend Stanley Chera, who died from coronavirus: "He thought we& #39;d do such a good job and he was so happy, and he was very proud of what we have done in this administration. But he was tested positive, & unfortunately he didn& #39;t make it."
"The only thing I can tell you is that I will give him the advice based on evidence -- you can tell Dr. Fauci is exasperated with Trump
"I don& #39;t want to have anything taken out of context, b/c I already one of those in the last couple days, so I don& #39;t want to go through it again. Could things have been done better? Of course" -- Fauci on the Covid response & Trump getting mad at him for pointing out the obvious
The April 13 White House coronavirus task force briefing finally ended -- nearly 3 hours and 15 minutes after its scheduled start time.
Trump& #39;s latest coronavirus press briefing began with an epic meltdown and ended with the ramblings of an aspiring dictator https://www.vox.com/2020/4/13/21219966/trump-coronavirus-press-briefing-meltdown-total-control-states-rights">https://www.vox.com/2020/4/13...
