In a rundown that extended an hour and 31 minutes Sunday, President Trump furiously defended his response to combating the coronavirus, showing clips of New york city Gov. Andrew Cuomo praising him and chewing out press reporters who questioned his record.
‘ What I’m doing is I’m defending the men and ladies that have actually done such an unbelievable job,’ he stated when a CNN press reporter asked why he was devoting a lot time to showcasing appreciation with more than 40,000 Americans now dead.
‘ Nothing has to do with me,’ the president firmly insisted.
President Trump showed clips of New york city Gov. Andrew Cuomo praising the federal action throughout Sunday’s White Home instruction
The president had some problem playing the first clip of Cuomo’s Sunday interview, as it cut off prior to it got to the ‘good part’
The president also flaunted a favorable op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to the reporters collected in the room
‘ You’re never going to treat me fairly, much of you. And I comprehend that. I got here with the worst, most unfair press treatment they say in the history of the United States for a president,’ Trump complained. ‘They did say Abraham Lincoln had really bad treatment too.’
Trump made some news at the briefing – he said settlements with Capitol Hill were ‘getting close’ to includes funds to the Income Security Program and he stated he would make use of the Defense Production Act in order to increase the production of swabs.
He then held up a swab and pulled it out of the packaging so the photographers in the room could get great visuals.
He then handed it off to Vice President Mike Pence, saying he could offer it to his spouse, Karen.
But Trump mainly utilized visuals in the rundown room Sunday to promote his own record.
At one point, Trump pulled out a favorable Wall Street Journal op-ed and started reading it to the space.
He played clips of Cuomo twice, grumbling that in the first clip ‘they left out the great part.’
The video sections were from an interview the New york city governor held Sunday early morning.
‘ The federal government stepped up and was a fantastic partner,’ Cuomo stated in the very first clip shown at the White House. ‘I’m the first one to say it. We needed assistance, and they existed.’
Spokesperson Judd Deere offered Trump a note that stated the other clip of Cuomo applauding him was prepared to be played
President Trump made some news at the Sunday rundown, saying he would utilize the Defense Production Act to have more swabs made
Later, spokesperson Judd Deere passed along a note to the president informing him the 2nd clip was ready to roll.
‘ I just believe it’s so good for individuals because it’s bipartisan,’ Trump said. ‘This is not about Democrats, Republicans,’ he continued.’ This is about a thing that hit our nation, the likes of which has actually never ever happened to us in the past.’
In the 2nd Cuomo clip, the New york city governor talked about how the state ended up having the products they needed. Cuomo had long feared about bed capacity and ventilators and in those areas the federal government had stepped in.
‘ We conserved everyone? No. Have we lost anybody because we didn’t have a bed or we didn’t have a ventilator or we didn’t have healthcare staff? No,’ Cuomo said Sunday.
‘ Individuals we lost are individuals we couldn’t save, not for absence of attempting and not for lack of doing everything we might do as a society, not just as a government and as a health care system.’
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