Get a load of Dr. Birx's demeanor after Trump tells her, "I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [coronavirus]."
"I'm the president and you're fake news" -- Trump to @PhilipRucker after he asks him if it's responsible to make all sorts of wacky and unproven suggestions about possible coronavirus treatments
"I hear the report was an incorrect report ... I think it was a fake report done by CNN ... don't talk to me" -- Trump denies reports that Kim Jong Un is in grave health and slams @kaitlancollins in the process
"I wasn't happy with Brian Kemp ... and I coulda done something about it if I wanted to" -- an angry Trump on Georgia governor's move to reopen businesses
Trump concludes the briefing by lamenting that "the media has not done the great job we've done" responding to the coronavirus. (The US has the most cases and deaths in the world.)

He also mixes in some whining about the Russia investigation and his impeachment.
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