Trump Touts 'Total' Power in Combative Coronavirus Briefing Blending Campaign Rally-Style Theatrics
FollowingAt times, Trump grew visibly irritated under questioning about the government’s response to the virus,Trump Asks Dr. Fauci to Address the Media
“Obviously, you could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives,” FauciOn Monday, Fauci said he was speaking hypothetically at the time and he wasn’t blaming the president, who, he said, had listened to health experts about when to make nationwide social distancing guidelines.
ABC White House correspondent Jon Karl noted that the footage — which used dramatic music, strategic edits and omissions from the timeline of events — was a “campaign-style” video. Trump also grew combative on Monday with reporters at the briefing did that Monday, continuing a pattern of arguing with the press at the coronavirus briefings.
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