CNN’s Jim Acosta noted that the chairs for the press were originally distanced apart as they have been for previous Rose Garden events during the coronavirus crisis. But they were moved just before Trump went on TV
, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, who wrote on Twitter that it was “a flagrant violation of CDC guidelines on social distancing and a move that puts reporters at risk for the purpose of turning the press corps into a prop for a so-called ‘press conference’ where the president refuses to answer a single question.
Trump spoke for about 50 minutes, touting the latest unemployment report, which showed the rate dropping to 13.3%, as evidence that the jobs picture is improving. “Now the trajectory is great,” Trump said. “We had the strongest economy anywhere in the world, and now we are going to have and economy that is even stronger,” he said.
The event was billed as a news conference. But Trump did not take questions, although some were shouted at him. , White House correspondent for PBS Newshour, asked him about figures showing that unemployment for Black Americans and Asian-Americans went up in May. “How is that a victory?” she asked.
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