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TRUMP: "We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it. It's time to do it." (He cites no evidence.)
Trump says "I think you are going to have a lot of big things happening long before the end of the year on both vaccines and therapeutics" as though 2020 isn't already more than half over.
Melania is still trying to make #BeBest a thing
"We don't want people to make political statements or do it for political reasons. They think it's gonna be good for them politically and they keep the schools closed" -- Trump suggests Democrats are using the coronavirus to conspire against him
Mike Pence slathers effusive, Pyongyang-style praise on Trump
It's another one of those White House meetings in which Trump encourages everybody to go around the room and praise him. Get a load of this stuff from @GovParsonMO. #DearLeader
Trump asks the governor of Missouri if he's planning "to change the name of St. Louis."
"Good luck with all of the therapeutics. I know you're getting very close. That would be incredible. What are your chances early, like, in September?" -- Trump isn't even trying to hide that he's hoping for a coronavirus miracle cure in time for the election
A woman who identifies herself with the Tea Party implores Trump that "America is not meant to be shut down"
LOL Trump *still* hasn't figured out that the 1918 flu pandemic didn't happen in 1917
"We're at 130 [thousand]. We could be at way over a million right now, and I think it could've been 2.5 or 3 million" -- Trump takes credit for saving millions of lives, comparing his response to a situation where his government literally did nothing
"We're not closing. We'll never close," insists Trump, as the number of coronavirus cases around the country continues to rise
"Will Alabama be playing some great football? What's going on with Alabama?" -- Trump
Trump policy aide Brooke Rollins says "I'm struck, I don't know that the world understands, but it's so important, we have a president who was arguably one of the most successful businessmen in the history of our country ... this is the dream team." #DearLeader
Betsy DeVos: "Under the president's strong leadership, our economy is roaring back. Our schools must do the same." #DearLeader
Trump concludes by lying & claiming US coronavirus mortality rate "is the lowest anywhere in the world." (The US is nowhere near the top https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality .) He then chides Harvard for taking "the easy way out" by announcing its campus will be closed this fall.
