Trump begins the April 15 #TrumpPressBriefing by running a free video commercial for GM, complete with tacky music
Trump's pandemic press conference has now veered into a rant about ... [checks notes] ... judges
Trump trashes his own government: "If you heard what is coming out of the Voice of America, it is disgusting. The things they say are disgusting toward our country."
"Whether it's Russia, Russia Russia, or whether it's impeachment hoax, or whatever it may be, it's always roadblocks and a waste of time" -- it's time for therapy time with the president
"caranavirus outbreak"
Trump seems to think that the coronavirus pandemic could've been prevented had all countries just restricted travel to China like he did, ignoring that Covid was already spreading within the United States by the time he took action
Trump tries to blame Obama, who left office in 2017, for the fact the national stockpile of ventilators is depleted in 2020
"Not all states are the same. Some are having little problems. Some have done such a good job and are ready to go." -- Trump suggests states experiencing bad coronavirus outbreaks brought it upon themselves
TRUMP: "The level of IQ on some of those calls was about the highest you've ever seen on a phone call, that I can tell you. But we have a lot of great thought went into those calls & a lot of questions came out & also statements, very strong statements as to what they recommend."
SONNY PERDUE: "In the United States we have plenty of food for all of our citizens. I want to be clear -- the bare store shelves you may see in some cities in the country are a demand issue, not a supply issue."
Trump is still flagrantly lying about how tariffs work. They are taxes on Americans businesses, not the Chinese government.
"Great job, preese. Mike, please shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Trump is passing the buck on questions about when coronavirus testing will be more widespread to governors and private companies
TRUMP: "We have the right to do whatever we want."
REPORTER: Why did you have your name added to coronavirus relief checks?

TRUMP: "Well I don't know too much about it, but I understand my name is there ... I'm sure people will be very happy to get a big fat beautiful check and my name is on it."
Trump on criticisms that his coronavirus response is infected with partisanship: "You can go back into the last two administrations and you see a lot of partisanship." #whataboutism
The Two Hours Hate
Trump on criticisms that it's inappropriate to reopen the economy when ~2,000 Americans are dying a day from the coronavirus: "There is also death in keeping it closed. When you look at mental health, suicides ... There is death in having a strongly closed country."
REPORTER: Why do we have 20 percent of the world's deaths from the coronavirus with only 4 percent of the population?

TRUMP: "Well you don't know what you have. Do you think you're getting honest numbers from some of these countries? ... we report everything."
Trump suggests there's merit to a Fox News story about the novel coronavirus originating in a lab in China
Trump, who attended a weekend-long party at Mar-a-Lago in March that became a coronavirus vector, attacks Nancy Pelosi for not taking the virus more seriously in February, when he was saying it was going to miraculously go away on its own
"We don't want to be the suckers anymore" -- Trump goes on a tirade against the WHO, then abruptly ends the news conference
Here’s Trump saying he’s planning to send ventilators to Russia because “they’re having a hard time in Moscow”
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