Thread by @pbump, We went through three weeks of Trump briefings, minute by minute, to [...]

We went through three weeks of Trump briefings, minute by minute, to index how Trump used the time. https://wapo.st/3bFcFSJ

13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy

A Post analysis reveals a president using the White House lectern to vent and rage; to dispense dubious and even dangerous medical advice; and to lavish praise upon himself and his government.

https://wapo.st/3bFcFSJ

In those three weeks, he spent about two hours attacking or criticizing others. He spent less than five minutes offering sympathy to those affected — half as much time as he spent talking about hydroxychloroquine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/13-hours-of-trump-the-president-fills-briefings-with-attacks-and-boasts-but-little-empathy/2020/04/25/7eec5ab0-8590-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy

A Post analysis reveals a president using the White House lectern to vent and rage; to dispense dubious and even dangerous medical advice; and to lavish praise upon himself and his government.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/13-hours-of-trump-the-president-fills-briefings-with-attacks-and-boasts-but-little-empathy/2020/04/25/7eec5ab0-8590-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

I’ll have more details from this analysis tomorrow.

And one more bit of analysis today: 60 percent of talking at the briefings came from Trump. Other officials were asked questions 80 times — Trump offered his thoughts on 28 of those occasions. https://wapo.st/2S8mSzg

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