The Entire Family?
The many cold ironies of Trump’s ‘Fox & Friends’ interview
The American People Should See Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings in Their Entirety
13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy
My simultweet of @realDonaldTrump #TrumpPressBriefing
Mike Judge: Trump Makes ‘Idiocracy’ Look ‘Optimistic’
Trump the Narcissistic Authoritarian Statist Declares He Has ‘Total’ Authority
Where do we start? The crazy video? The “I have absolute power!” after last week saying “I don’t have the power, I cherish the Constitution”?
April 14, 2014:
April 4, 2020
Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide stay-at-home orders
The governors, all of whom are Republican, have offered a variety of explanations for why they have not followed the lead of their colleagues from coast-to-coast — along with countries across the world — by ordering people to restrict their movement in hopes of slowing the pandemic.
In doing so, they’ve collectively ignored the stay-at-home pleas of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, who said in a CNN interview: “If you look at what’s going on in this country, I just don’t understand why we’re not doing that.”
Absent a nationwide order, which President Donald Trump once again on Saturday declined to give, a patchwork of rules has emerged in all corners of the country that offer conflicting guidance for how citizens should protect themselves and their families from coronavirus.
“We have a thing called the Constitution, which I cherish”, Trump said at his daily news briefing, praising the decision of the governors. “Now in some cases we’ll supersede … it depends on the individual state that you’re talking about. … If I saw something wrong, if I saw a massive outbreak, of which there’s not, I would come down very hard.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/04/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-orders-coronavirus/index.html
April 13, 2020 (Or the day Donald Trump said “To Hell with the Constitution!”)
Trump falsely claims that ‘when somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total’
Trump’s latest coronavirus press briefing featured one of his most memorable meltdowns yet
“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total.”
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/13/21219966/trump-coronavirus-press-briefing-meltdown-total-control-states-rights
CNN had a field day with its chyrons during Trump’s ‘meltdown’ at his coronavirus briefing
“A sampling of some of the chyrons:
- “Trump melts down in angry response to reports he ignored virus warnings”
- “Angry Trump uses propaganda video, produced by government employees at taxpayers’ expense”
- “Trump uses task force briefing to try and rewrite history on coronavirus response””
Kaitlin Collins with THE question of the night – watch Trump’s response!
Speaker 29 (Kaitlin Collins): (01:27:01)
A quick question on something you just said. You said when someone is President of the United States, their authority is total. That is not true. Who told you that?Donald Trump: (01:27:10)
You know what we’re going to do? We’re going to write up papers on this. It’s not going to be necessary because the governors need us one way or the other, because ultimately, it comes with the federal government. That being said, we’re getting along very well with the governors and I feel very certain that there won’t be a problem. Yeah please, go ahead.
Speaker 29: (01:27:28)
Has any governor agreed that you have the authority to decide when their states [crosstalk 01:27:32]?Donald Trump: (01:27:32)
I haven’t asked anybody because-Speaker 29: (01:27:34)
That no one is [crosstalk 01:27:34]-Donald Trump: (01:27:36)
You know why? Because I don’t have to. Go ahead please.Speaker 29: (01:27:36)
But who told you the president has the total authority?Donald Trump: (01:27:36)
Enough. Please.
Video: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/ACXA8yX253r1fK7zukeSnX18O-xYDEjiMcistz1knUh_Wvi16tY4NikaGB3sq5R8hnsQdY4ClOWzHWgFimb6bVCp0xs?
Cuomo says he would ignore an order from Trump to reopen New York before it was safe
The Next Day, April 14?
Trump’s Coronavirus Survival Strategy: Blame China
Trump’s Claim of Total Authority in Crisis Is Rejected Across Ideological Lines
Hardest-hit states don’t plan to follow Trump’s national guidance on reopening
And Trump Blinked!
Trump says he will be “authorizing” governors to reopen states
April 15, Trump Goes Cray-Cray again and Merrick Garland asks “Hey! Remember Me?”
Donald Trump Coronavirus Press Briefing Transcript April 15
“The Senate’s practice of gaveling into so-called proforma sessions, where no one is even there, has prevented me from using the constitutional authority that were given under the Recess Provisions. The Senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees, or it should formally adjourn so that I can make recess appointments. We have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government, and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it, and we have to do whatever we have to do. They’ve made it very, very difficult to run government. I don’t think any Administration has done anywhere near what we’ve done in three and a half years, but every week they put up roadblocks, 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. If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both Chambers of Congress. The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony, proforma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam. What they do. It’s a scam and everybody knows it, and it’s been that way for a long time, and perhaps it’s never done before. It’s never been done before.”
“We Have the Right to Do Whatever We Want”
Jim Acosta Rips Trump Claim He Can ‘Do Whatever’ He Wants With States: ‘Really Highlighting Some of His Authoritarian Impulses’
“I think what we are seeing this week with the president’s response to the pandemic, it that it is really highlighting some of his authoritarian impulses,” Acosta told Wolf Blitzer on CNN Wednesday evening after the president’s press briefing. “He went back to this idea that he has total authority, that he essentially retreated from yesterday. He was saying… that we have the right, meaning the White House, to do whatever we want. That is false. The White House does not have the right — he doesn’t have the right to do whatever he wants. He can’t order these states, these governors to do what he wants. Obviously if he puts out guidelines that they don’t agree with, they’re not going to follow those guidelines.”
“The president will find out how far his power can go,” Acosta added.
April 16, 2020
April 17, 2020
April 18, 2020
The 59 Worst Lies Trump Told About Coronavirus in the Past Month
April 19, 2020
April 20, 2020
April 22, 2020
April 23, 2020 – UV lighting and Bleach Day
Anderson Cooper Dumbfounded by Trump’s ‘Sarcasm’ Excuse: Does He Think We’re ‘Morons’
Maryland emergency hotline receives more than 100 calls about disinfectant after Trump comments
Donald Trump Coronavirus Press Conference Transcript April 23
“”Donald Trump: (29:46)[inaudible 00:29:46] a question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly when we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too. Sounds interesting, right? And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful. Steve, please.””
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-coronavirus-press-conference-transcript-april-23
THE VIDEO
April 24, 2020
Where Trump got the idea for “Bleach for your Blood”
Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this week
White House Transcript
“THE PRESIDENT: Right. And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning. Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you’re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds — it sounds interesting to me.”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-31/
Breitbart forced to issue a correction!
UPDATE — Pollak: No, Trump Did Not Literally Suggest People Inject Disinfectant
“Note From Senior Management: This piece was erroneously framed by our author as a “fact check,” when, instead, it was and should have been framed as an opinion piece. The opinion that the author was trying to convey was his belief that nobody in their right mind would think that Trump was literally suggesting that people should inject disinfectant into their bodies – which is how many in the media were portraying the President’s comments at yesterday’s press conference. The piece has been re-framed as it should have been originally (as opinion), and further updated to reflect President Trump’s statement this morning that he was being sarcastic. We apologize for the error, and you are welcome for all the opportunities to dunk on us on Twitter.”
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/04/23/fact-check-no-trump-didnt-propose-injecting-people-with-disinfectant/
BUT!
Breitbart issues humiliating correction on a bogus ‘fact-check’ that denied Trump proposed injecting disinfectants
“However, the site shouldn’t get any kudos for making the update. The updates to the piece now remove the most ridiculous passage from the original version, which I had previously quoted:
“Trump used the word “inject,” but what he meant was using a process — which he left “medical doctors” to define — in which patients’ lungs might be cleared of the virus, given new knowledge about its response to light and other factors.”
This was a patently ridiculous claim to make in a fact check. But it’s also not much better in a piece framed as “opinion,” in which the “opinion” expressed is that Trump’s critics were factually wrong for saying that he proposed a disinfectant injection. They weren’t wrong. Even if Trump somehow meant something entirely other than the words that came out of his mouth, he still said what he said.”
April 25, 2020
‘Significant Increase’ in Calls to Illinois Poison Control After Trump Disinfectant Remarks
April 26, 2020
April 27, 2020 – Rumors of Trump not doing any more briefings seem to be wrong
