Trump plans to cut daily coronavirus briefings

[demmiblue]

Source: Axios

President Trump plans to pare back his coronavirus press conferences, according to four sources familiar with the internal deliberations. He may stop appearing daily and make shorter appearances when he does, the sources said — a practice that may have started with Friday's unusually short briefing.

Why this matters: Trump's daily press conferences — televised to a largely homebound population — have dominated the public discourse about the coronavirus.

Behind the scenes: A number of Trump's most trusted advisers — both inside and outside the White House — have urged him to stop doing marathon televised briefings.

They've told him he's overexposed and these appearances are part of the reason polls aren't looking good for him right now against Joe Biden.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-daily-coronavirus-briefings-809becf3-9913-4b71-9f92-1930ad1d29b0.html

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. LOL, sure how will the jonesing narcissist get this fix...

[GemDigger]

28. He can go back to his adoring rally goers in the states that are open.

[47of74]

38. every fuck face rally past, present, and future

[LisaM]

2. Then the tweets will start back up!

I am enjoying the implosion; I only wish it had occurred prior to the pandemic.

[Faux pas]

3. I'll

Believe it when nobody has to see his lying con man snake oil salesman mug.

[msongs]

4. well that is good news nt

[Doreen]

5. THANK GOD!!!

You mean I can watch the news again without having to hear two hous or 15 minutes ( still way to much ) every day of his putrid lies?

I am not a Christian but can we all sing Hallelujah?

[irisblue]

15. For you Doreen

[Doreen]

35. Thank you.

[sprinkleeninow]

17. Yayyes!!

AL-LE-LU-I-A!!

[captain queeg]

6. They need to have a live feed view screen he can see with a studio audience laughing at every

Asinine thing he says. Real time while the idiot is talking. If he can’t handle polite reporters he would certainly cry if he saw what the majority of Americans think of him.

[rzemanfl]

7. I don't laugh. I curse and walk out after a short time. n/t

[paleotn]

48. I've not actually heard the man speak in years.

[Grasswire2]

13. A laugh track, even better!

I love this idea.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. No,his Bullshit is drowning his reelection efferts.

My guess is,his Kids stepped in and told him he was setting himself up for a Article 25 removal. He knows dams well he can not compete with Cuomo or Pelosi. He is drowning in his own bullshit.

[Raven123]

9. Oh my. How will the media fill the void? They should have stopped televising them weeks ago

[True Blue American]

16. Chuck Todd

Said they were asked why they showed him every day. He said they wanted people to see what he was.

That disinfectant injection made him a laughing stock.

[yellowdogintexas]

39. Chuck Todd actually said that? Guess that was what they thought they

were doing in 2016 except it backfired royally.

[True Blue American]

44. :)

Shh! Much like Scarborough and MIka. You are not supposed to remember they had Trump on daily, you know,” My good friend,Donald!”

Not for one minute do we forget that while Todd still sucks up and excuses, while Joe makes his guests wait 5 minutes while he screeches about Trump they pushed him in 2016!

[yellowdogintexas]

40. and finally CNN broke through the wall and started calling him a liar

and running those chyrons which was a masterstroke.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Good, they won't be missed.

n/t




#newrostrong

[stillcool]

11. finally...it took bleach and lysol

to get him off the stage.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over"

OK, "this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

[StarryNite]

14. Hahaha

What an orange fool!

[Chemisse]

18. He must have been intensely humiliated to give this up. His loss, but also ours.

I am happy we don't have to see/hear him so much, but I did appreciate how the spotlight on himself was revealing his massive flaws to anybody who cared to look.

Prior to now, most idiotic comments like yesterday's have been quietly fielded or buffered by the White House and beyond with little consequence (why can't we just nuke them? comes to mind). This time his utter lack of understanding of the most basic concepts was on display for the world to see, in live time. There's no taking that back.

[MontanaMama]

19. If he can't be on TV every day

And can’t have his Nazi rallies, the MF will go insane. Oops. More insane. Bring it.

[Blue Owl]

20. He's already blown a foot off -- I say let him keep it up

n/t

[japple]

21. I wish he would just stay in bed all day, get fast food deliveries, diaper

changes, and "briefings" from his family and staff and leave the rest of the country alone.

[rpannier]

22. I think it was David Pakman that said people were now seeing him w/o the fox filter

And most didn't like what they saw

[Lonestarblue]

34. Yes, I think at least some people now see him for the idiot he is.

I can’t stand watching him, but I almost wish he would continue the briefings so people can continue seeing what an incompetent human being he is. Those briefings have definitely had a negative impact on his standing. He’ll most likely just do more Fox interviews to keep his ugly mug on the tube. Then he can spend hours the following days reveling in the Fox sycophants praise of him.

Biden can ask voters a simple question: Do you want a president who watches television 7 hours a day instead of taking national intelligence and other important briefings, or do you want a full-time president who will work for you every day?

[True Blue American]

45. David is always right!

[Maeve]

23. And there was great rejoicing

Altho, to be fair, he stopped doing himself any good with the damn things some time ago...but at least I can turn on the news during supper without getting sick...

[TeamPooka]

24. No. I want a new DNC ad every day from these. relax though, he can't stay away from the camera

for very long.

[vlyons]

25. Yeaaahhh! Less Trump means more joy and happyness

nt

[Dopers_Greed]

26. He's going to go crazy from the lack of attention

[Thekaspervote]

27. Bores easily.. reporters aren't taking his shit anymore. Too big of backlash from the shit he says

[procon]

29. Sure he will.

He might start out that way, but Trump is addicted to the camera. Those daily briefings are his only chance to riff, attack reporters, whine, boast, claim to be a poor victim and say lot If stupid stuff under the pretense of having once secured the office he holds through chicanery and treason.

Trump needs to be on the tiny stage in the press room. He needs the audience, peppered as it must be with ego stroking shills flown in by his favorite media stations.

He won't last ore than a couple of days before he's right back at it, bragging, boasting and beating up reporters. And treating us all to more delightful remedies from the private stock of Old Doc Trump's patented Magical Elixirs, Potions and Restoratives.

[earthside]

30. That will last what ... three days? A week?

Come on, Trump is not going to be able to resist the cameras and the attention.

[rpannier]

46. The moment everything starts going well, anywhere in the country

He'll show up and take full credit

[paleotn]

49. His handlers are trying in vain to limit the damage.

You're correct, he can't stop. There's never been a microphone or camera made that he didn't want to act a fool in front of.

[kairos12]

31. I give it a day before this camera hogging shitgibbon is back.

[Cryptoad]

32. Thats a shame

I figured this Trump Daily AssClown show is the best Biden 2020 ad ever and it doesn't cost Biden a penny!

[onetexan]

33. By "overexposed" they mean the more he talks the more people are figuring out how unfit he truly is

[keithbvadu2]

36. Tiring him out. Interfering with his Fox viewing time.

Tiring him out. Interfering with his Fox viewing time.

Wants to spend more time with his xfxaxmxixlxyx Stormy/Ivanka/Hope Hicks/Hannity .

[marble falls]

37. No no no, he should lengthen them, I mean, he's almost got me convinced ...

a couple more years and who knows?

<insert sarcasm emoji here>

[Rebl2]

41. Right

Will believe it when I see it

[GusBob]

43. DT to his advisors:

DT: you mean to tell me I am my own worst enemy?
Toady: well um Sir its ah its not that I mean um...
DT: spit it out fool!
Toady: the polls are showing you are the enemy of the American people
DT: off with your head!

[paleotn]

47. Sorry, but the clips of prior crazy aren't going away.

And the fact that you can't be trusted to speak for very long without going off the rails won't endear you to many come Nov. One of Biden's best strategies is goading Donnie into just being Donnie. Unlike 2016, the entertainment factor is gone in the midst of a public health crises.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

50. You wonder how we got to the point where you're talking about injecting disinfectant.

The electoral college, followed by failure to take the 25th Amendment seriously.