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Trump opens the April 21 #TrumpPressBriefing by vowing that states will reopen their economies "with tremendous passion"

Steve Mnuchin says that he'll be "putting up some FAQs" to prevent big businesses from taking advantage of coronavirus stimulus funds

Trump announces seemingly spontaneously that he will demand Harvard give back coronavirus funds it received

Mnuchin explains that the administration hopes to bail out basically every industry, do an infrastructure bill, and also cut payroll taxes

TRUMP on coronavirus: "Our mortality rate remains roughly half of that of many other countries and one of the lowest of any country in the world." (The US has the most coronavirus deaths in the world.)

Mnuchin on what will happen if big businesses again take advantage of coronavirus funds that aren't intended for them: "Again, you can look at the certifications. They are quite significant."

TRUMP on temporary immigration ban: "By pausing immigration, we'll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens. So important. It would be wrong & unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad."

Trump announces that the Comfort, a Navy medical ship he sent to NYC with huge fanfare a few weeks ago, is already headed back to Virginia. It didn't get much use in NYC: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hospital-ship-comfort-was-supposed-to-be-a-beacon-in-new-york-and-now-it-symbolizes-dysfunction-in-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus-2020-04-07

"They want to get going. They want to get back to their jobs. They want to make money" -- Trump on why people want state economies to get back up and running

JON KARL: Are you concerned about this VA study showing that hydroxychloroquine can be fatal?

TRUMP: "I don't know of the report."

KARL: Are you concerned that the NIH is recommending against treatments you recommended?

TRUMP: "We'll take a look at that."

Asked about Kim Jong Un's condition, Trump says "I've had a very good relationship with him" and claims America would be at war with North Korea is he wasn't elected. He ends by bashing CNN.

Trump lies, claims US has done more testing than all other countries combined (that's not true)

"The stock market is still not doing badly considering what this country's been through" -- Trump's economic boasts have definitely lost some juice

JON KARL: "How do you protect the people of South Carolina, for example, from potentially bad decisions by a governor in Georgia?"

TRUMP: "He's a very capable man. He knows what he's doing ... we're going to find out."

TRUMP on immigration: "I want our citizens to get jobs. I don't want them to have competition."

Trump on anti-stay-at-home protests: "They're separated, there's a lot of space in between. They're doing social distancing, if you can believe it." (Many protesters are not doing social distancing.)

Asked how it's possible for hair salons and tattoo parlors in Georgia to reopen, Birx says "if there's a way that people can social distance and do those things, then they can do those things. I don't know how."

Trump says that de Blasio's idea of having a parade for health care workers sounds good to him

Asked why the federal government hasn't lived up to Pence's promises about testing, Trump lies and says the US has tested more than all other countries combined (this is not true)

Asked about coronavirus's impact on the properties he still owns and profits from, Trump notes that his children are running them then adds, "I love my children. And I wish them well. I look forward to comparing my numbers with my children's numbers."

Trump has expressed more concern about Kim Jong Un's health than he did about John McCain's when McCain had cancer

Trump takes a question from ultra-sycophantic OAN basically asking him why people support his policies so much. Trump responds by saying "I think it's going to be a renaissance" and then ends the briefing.

Trump just said the US has done more coronavirus testing than the rest of the world combined. That's a whopper. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/21/21230400/trump-coronavirus-briefing-testing-other-countries-combined