NYT reporter alarmed at Trump's 'really disturbing' coronavirus press conference meltdown

[UCmeNdc]

President Donald Trump on Thursday exploded at reporters during his latest coronavirus pandemic press conference, where he bitterly complained that the media was not treating him or his administration fairly.

When asked by one reporter why his administration had not prepared itself for the crisis by ramping up production of testing kits, Trump snapped back and said, “The only thing we weren’t prepared for was the media — the media has not treated it fairly.”

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman found herself alarmed at the president’s performance and said that it reflected the way that his primary concern is how he’s personally being perceived — not the health and well being of the American public.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/nyt-reporter-alarmed-at-trumps-very-disturbing-coronavirus-press-conference-meltdown/

[BamaRefugee]

1. Susan Collins is concerned too.

[denem]

5. and disappointed,

so very disappointed.

[marble falls]

6. Check back with her tomorrow.

[lastlib]

84. Tomorrow she will be back in full jellyfish mode--

spineless, floating with the current, and feeding from the bottom.

And still useless to humanity.

[leftieNanner]

7. Deeply. nt

[gibraltar72]

19. Mildly.

[UpInArms]

22. She's going to have to think about it

For ... oh ... another lifetime or so.

[griffi94]

27. And troubled.

Don't forget troubled.

[ok_cpu]

37. This is the reply I came here for. N/T

[catbyte]

44. ...

[iluvtennis]

48. LOL 😂 nt

[at140]

77. haha what color do you see when

that disk is spun? I remember making a disk with 7 colors in school, and when spun it was only white color!

[treestar]

81. Lol!

[MFM008]

52. And DISTURBED

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very disturbed..................

[machoneman]

54. Hah! Good one....

[Jamastiene]

69. Collins blew her chance to do the right thing.

She can shove her concern.

[paleotn]

72. Doomed is more like it.

As though we thought the 2020 general might be tough for Rethugs, now it's going to be an absolute bloodbath. Something we've not seen in generations. And no amount of Russkie interference can stop it.

[Walleye]

2. He hasn't the vaguest notion that the numbers of infections that he lies about represent real people

I don’t even think he’d feel anything if someone is his family got sick. Only himself

[Roland99]

3. Gee, Maggie. What a unique, fresh, never-before thought of take on him

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. She's right on top of things -- only a few years behind now.

[hatrack]

11. Maggie Haberman - the NYT's very own Susan Collins

Why don't you access my ass, Maggie?

[dalton99a]

17. +1

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. Why do some of these reporters act so freakin' clueless all of the time?

It's not like this hasn't been a thing with Trump for like........forever

[UpInArms]

23. Are you certain it's an act?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

85. Even worse - they're from New York. They've known this snake for decades.

...................

[UTUSN]

4. K&R

[gratuitous]

8. Trump thinks himself immune from criticism and any shortcomings people note are unfair to him

That's been his pattern his entire life. The next time Trump starts kvetching about how unfair things are for him, I will give a shiny nickel to the first reporter who says, "Sir, with all due respect, quit whining."

[Tweedy]

39. Would that not be wonderful?

He is the whiner-in-chief. Has there been a moment when this president has pushed himself into center stage when he has not whined about something? Do not believe a whine free Mr. Trump moment exists.

He quibbles, hesitates, whines and lies. He scapegoats, demonizes, whines and complains. The buck never stops with him. He is responsible for nothing and every non-bootlicker is out to get him.

It is long beyond the time for our fourth estate to notice these obvious facts.

This president needs to resign. Failing that, he needs to shelter in place outside of the camera lense and let the experts do their thing unimpeded by his ignorant, paranoid whinery.

[homegirl]

61. The media needs to

take charge. Appoint one person to represent the media, ask the questions and all outlets publish the answers. Donald really doesn't care as long as he has an audience. Depriving him of the crowd anxious for and hanging on every word is the best move.

[Tweedy]

68. Excellent notion!

[Lock him up.]

75. He FIRED the Global Pandemic Response Unit and they STILL ask...

… why "we" were not prepared?

Traitor Bolton did it, but he was in HIS National Security Council so HE is responsible for it!

How about if he fired the NORAD unit and NK launched a nuke or two? Would they ask him why "we" were not prepared??

[barbtries]

43. or,

"With all due respect, the question is not about you. It's about your performance as president. Why the delay on test kits?"

he abuses the press daily. they must be so beaten down by now. it doesn't excuse them imo, but imagine. I have been in an abusive relationship and I watched myself change. After a whole year I got out, but I know some never do.

[Sunriser13]

59. Hell, half of DU would give up their "coronavirus checks" to see that...

... don't be so damn cheap!

[gratuitous]

62. It's a really shiny nickel

Surely that counts for something!

[Jamastiene]

70. It takes a lot of nickels to buy one square of TP on Ebay

nowadays. If someone says they would give a roll of TP for something, they really MEAN it.

[paleotn]

73. Donnie The Unready is doomed.

[duforsure]

9. So, more reporters need to re ask him

That over and over again, When did he first know , Jan.? Maybe a year before it happen , and you fired the guy who told you this could happen. Sounds like the House needs to talk to people and let the American people hear the truth.

[murielm99]

14. Bird-dogging

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13129859

[Thomas Hurt]

12. treating the admin and virus fairly equals hiding it from the public.

[VMA131Marine]

13. Every day this goes on ...

Trump sees his re-election slipping away and it’s driving him nuts.... I mean more nuts.

[maryellen99]

15. I wonder if that test took last week was false negative and he tested again and it's positive? Nt

[Champp]

16. d'oh

Only took you three years to catch on, Mags? Real, um, swift.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Whiner-in-Chief

never ending complaining, working the refs, so put upon, trodden upon ... what a ... oh I won't complete the thought.

[mr_lebowski]

35. Fucking LOSER?

[sinkingfeeling]

24. You think?

[Jim__]

25. Yes, Trump is only concerned about himself. Are there really people who are just discovering ...

... this obvious fact? Reporters who are just discovering this?

[Midnight Writer]

26. Maybe they should give Trump an hour of Prime Time TV to explain himself.

[PatrickforO]

32. Might be a good idea - he can destroy his electability even more.

[oldsoftie]

42. With NO teleprompter!

[DENVERPOPS]

64. LOL

But it would give him another record, lowest viewership ever........

[thisaintright]

28. And by the way, on that FDA guy in the same presser

What a freaking tool...with all the time he spent glorifying orange 45 and the wonderful american people instead of getting to the point and helping us...I hope his family is proud of the brown noser he's become...

[Danmel]

33. I was listening to that in the car

Can't maintain social distance when you're busy kissing ass.

[thisaintright]

40. That's great! I gotta remember this one. :)

[empedocles]

29. trump seems to be able to top himself everyday. These next 2 weeks at least, may

produce even more, crazier behavior.

[RockRaven]

30. I'm not sure which perennially-"concerned"-opportunist-willingly-hitched-up-to-the-Trump-train

is more obnoxious, Haberman or Collins. I suppose Collins if only because she has more power, and thereby a greater duty which she is shirking.

[PatrickforO]

31. My wife and I were furious at Trump this morning.

We don't even HAVE a president. All we have is a pouty little boy who is just going to hold his breath until people are nicer to him!

[Cetacea]

34. While everyone else is apparently letting it slide

He also made a veiled threat to Press pool, suggesting that they were too close to one another and that maybe it should be just two or three reporters there.

[Mr.Bill]

38. The press made a huge mistake

when they didn't walk out of the White House immediately after the shit show that Sean Spicer put on shortly after the inauguration. Why they just keep returning to have shit thrown on them every day for three years is baffling.

[BamaRefugee]

47. It's their job to just keep showing up. Reporters are observers, not editorialists or pundits.

That's the way it is, and as a former journalism student, I actually think it's the way it should be.

[Cetacea]

50. As a retired professional, I don't.

And I'm not OK with him using a crises to once again attack our journalists today.

[dem in texas]

36. Trump's Mental Decline - his word salad are getting worse

He rambles on and on, saying the same thing over and over. If you were listening to your old Grandpa, you would be rolling your eyes and motioning to Grandma to come and get him.

[barbtries]

41. well no shit.

something obvious since before he was even president. i am SO sick at the media acting surprised by his behavior. Why? They're essentially lying to the public when they pretend this was ever anything else.

[Javaman]

45. the reason why the orange asshole hates the press is (as opposed to fox news, which is not news)...

(to be very graphic) the press doesn't suck his dick first before asking their questions

[SledDriver]

55. The little mushroom cap

Y’know what they say about tiny hands

Inchworm, inchworm...

[Major Nikon]

60. ...

[bdamomma]

46. He needs to fuck off

and we need to tell our Reps and Senators, because he has to go. He is ours biggest threat.

He is not doing anything.

[FakeNoose]

83. The leadership by the Democratic governors has been amazing

... far better than Chump could have ever provided. Governor Cuomo (NY), Governor Wolf (PA), Governor Pritzker (IL), and Governor Newsom (CA) are doing the job that Chump isn't doing. Special props to Governor DeWine (OH) who's a republican, but showing good leadership for his state. It's because of Chump that we've turned into a third world shit-hole country.

[NRaleighLiberal]

49. why. is. any. one. surprised? I've come to think of our media as

mental lightweights.

[matt819]

51. Here's the possible story reporters should be doing

Okay, we all know what Trump is and isn't. Well, at least those of us in the reality-based universe.

Pence? Who the fuck knows what his story is?

And the sycophants who voted against the bill yesterday.

That leaves hundreds of Republican legislators, some of whom are, or once were, thinking people. In the same way that it was republicans who forced Nixon into resignation, I want to believe that there are some republicans thinking the same now about trump. Surely some of them can see that he is broken, at a time when 335 million Americans really don't need a broken former human being in the Oval Office. Frankly, I don't think Pence is much better, but that's who's next. Surely there's a reporter out there asking the question - is there anyone pushing for resignation? COVID-19 cases are increasing substantially, probably because it's spreading and probably because there are now some people being tested. What's "the number" of cases in the US will it take to ensure that we have a normal person at the helm? How many have to die because trump has told governors to figure shit out on their own?

You all know the way the rest of this rant goes. Without leadership, we have 50 states and hundreds of counties trying to figure out what to do. We have states, counties, and hospitals that are going to be fighting over the respirators that are reported going to be made by GE and Tesla, etc. Without leadership the US Navy Hospital Ships will never leave the yard or the port they are located. They'll never be staffed because no one is demanding that it happen.

I'm not expecting anything to change before the election. But it would be somewhat comforting (not quite the right word) that there are republicans who still have a working brain cell or two and a modicum of morality that they are discussing options.

[NEOBuckeye]

53. Fuck you, Donald

Seriously, fuck you, you immature whiny little bitch. You wanted this job. Fucking own it, you bastard!!

[Totally Tunsie]

56. Maggie Haberman shifts with the wind,

and she mumbles, too.

[Mc Mike]

57. "So unfair to tRump!", he blubbered.

[C Moon]

58. Good. Maybe the media will finally wake up and quit pretending he's a legitimate President.

Because we all know he's a god damned traitor.

[nitpicker]

63. IMO, it was more like shambolic

Once he got through the scripter-writers speech, IMO he veered all over the place.

[JoeDuck]

65. Boot his enablers.

Every one of his Republican Senate and House enablers need to be kicked out along with him. Trump alone could not have caused so much chaos.

[Lokee11]

66. Whiny Little Bitch!

I do not see eye to eye with Bill Maher on a number of things, but he sure hit the nail on the head when years ago he started describing that orange shit stain as a Whiny Little Bitch! He is truly pathetic.

And I may be wrong for I know that jack ass did not cause this COVID-19 pandemic personally, but I feel not only is the blood of most that died here on his and the Trumplicans hands, but also possibly those souls who perished in Italy and elsewhere. Truth is, historically the US has been the country many others look to for guidance, direction and leadership, and even with Captain Dipshit at the helm, I believe we still for the most part were that at the start of this crisis (I now say were because how anyone could look at the US has anything other than a laughing stock now is beyond me?) However, Agent Orange's nonchalant attitude and carelessness, and as we got proof of today - purposeful misinformation regarding COVID-19, certainly did not help caution us or others to its seriousness. Had the US led the way, not rid itself of a team created for this purpose, not stood back and just said it is one guy in China, not talked about fairly tales where things magically one day just disappear, but sent out a team of trained professionals and handled this competently from day 1, not only would lives here have been saved, but I honestly believe lives everywhere would have been saved. He is truly a monster and culpable!

Attitude reflects leadership, and thus far there has been no leadership by the illegal occupant of the white house because he does know how to lead, he only knows how to sit there and complain - LIKE A WHINY LITTLE BITCH!!!

[Jamastiene]

67. She is just now alarmed at him?

Nothing about him alarms me any more. It's par for the course with him to make everything about him. He thinks he is a rainbow farting unicorn who can do no wrong and blames everyone else for everything he screws up.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

71. Took ya long enough, Ms. Haberman

We knew that he was solely concerned about how he's personally perceived since the day he descended that escalator with all those actors applauding him.

[Joinfortmill]

74. Ya think, Maggie?

[sheshe2]

76. It is all about him.

Not the dead and dying.

[Dorian Gray]

78. She's alarmed

Well, Duh.

[vapor2]

79. IT IS **ALWAYS** ABOUT HIM

nothing new here, everything he does is for his own benefit and it is simply sad that he lies and attacks the media at every press conference. His orange face makes me more sick than any virus.

[colsohlibgal]

80. He Is All About His Own Self

He has zero, actually negative empathy. He can do no wrong or n his own mind.

Of course he is on video calling it a Democratic hoax, saying it would dwindle to nothing and go away. He has caused multiple deaths from this pandemic, all from his fans who slurp up anything he is selling.

We must crush him and his enablers in November.

[dawn5651]

82. haberman is just figuring that out...where has she been for the last 3 years.

[llashram]

86. trump is

a malignant narcissist with pronounced sociopathic/psychopathic tendencies. It is always going to be about him. The man is ill.