WH Holds Coronavirus Briefing | Talking Points Memo

President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force are scheduled to hold a briefing at 5 p.m. ET. Trump is likely to discuss Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly’s reported offer to resign after his screed against firing Capt. Brett Crozier, who raised alarms about the coronavirus situation on his ship.


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I’m going to check in on the comments and maybe peek in on the shit show for a few minutes now and then, but I am not up to watching the whole thing. I salute those of you who take the hit and do so.

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I cannot stand to watch or listen to the Donald. The comments are far more entertaining.

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I gotta a feeling something crazy is gonna happen today.

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Crazy happens every day with this president.

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They wouldn’t be doing this if they didn’t have something half ass to announce.

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I’m grateful to those who’ll watch so I don’t have to.
My sense of everything is about as overwhelmed as need be now. No need to be adding straws or, in this case, tree trunks to the load.

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Yes they would: by this time, I’m sure Drumpf has calculated the $$ value of the ‘free publicity.’
ETA: it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if he started firing someone every day just so he could get on the TV to explain why he done it.

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I would think he’s going to get some questions about his firing the IG, so it should be pretty entertaining. Stroke hope springs eternal.

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It is NOT a “task force”

It’s a bask force. With 180 minutes of self-congratulation and 5 minutes of info.

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Donnie will just complain about why the reporters are asking “nasty questions” and why can’t they be “more positive.” And he’ll say either that he had nothing to do with maneuvering this IG out of the way, or that the IG isn’t qualified because Obama, or both. It’s fairly predictable now.

In other, more important news, my cat is very proud of herself for capturing the feathers on the end of the cat fishing pole. She’s not letting go.

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It’s about time we got some serious news here. My dog ate some rabbit poop and then threw up.

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“It’s time for the Rapid Wit segment of our show, where contestants are pitted against each other to come with the fastest one-liners to describe the Nightly Clown Show”…

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“Today”?

TPM should just keep recycling that headline from the Wisconsin article: “Welcome To The Sh*t Show”.

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‘Welcome To The Sh*t Show’

Seems appropriate to recycle this from the headline of one of this morning’s articles.

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“I will protect you if your governor fails.”

That’s it. I’m out.

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Will Irasdad be unseated as the reigning champion? Stay Tuned!

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I’d love to play tonight but I gotta go carve a chicken up…

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It may be recycled, but it’s the shittiest shitshow ever, which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny. For he’s a shitty old fellow…

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Bask farce.

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