Trump used Monday’s briefing of the coronavirus task force to lash out at several members of the press, despite having recently praised media coverage of his response to the crisis as “very fair.”
After kicking off the briefing by praising his own administration for its response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Trump opened the briefing up to questions, during which he refused to acknowledge any criticism of his handling of the pandemic that has brought the United States to a virtual standstill.
When Fox News reporter Kristin Fisher brought up the HHS report, Trump sighed, then answered that it was not the federal government’s job to “stand on street corners doing testing.” He then suggested that Fisher should have taken a different approach. “You should have said ‘Congratulations, great job,’” the president told her, “instead of being so horrid in the way you ask a question.”
As with coronavirus testing, the president maintained that there were scant problems for the media to report upon concerning the program. “I wish you’d asked that question differently. Why don’t you say, ‘It’s gotten off to a tremendous start, but there were some little glitches,’ which by the way, have been worked out. It would be so much nicer if you’d do that, but you’re just incapable of asking a question in a positive way,” Trump told Chambers.
Increasingly, Trump’s defense of his coronavirus record has led him to attack those who question it. Although he has sometimes been somber and focused, Monday’s briefing was particularly contentious.
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