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Donald Trump took over Mondays White House task force briefing to lash out at critics and the press with a bizarre video that amounted to a campaign ad, before later declaring his authority is total in cases where governors disagree with him during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mondays unprecedented press briefing began to go off the rails with the video, but before the end, the president was falsely trumpeting definitive authority during the health-care crisis that has already led to the deaths of more than 23,000 Americans.
The briefing almost immediately devolved into the president airing widespread grievances against his critics, from his likely 2020 general election opponent Joe Biden to governors and reporters who have dared to call his virus response into question over the last few weeks as American life has ground to a halt during the pandemic.
In a mash up of clips and audio that amounted to a campaign ad, Trump lashed out at critics and returned to his favorite pastime of going after reporters. The video began with a white screen saying the media minimized the risk from the start. At one point, it showed news clips of different governors giving kind remarks about the presidents response to the pandemic.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-uses-coronavirus-briefing-play-221941021.html
The article doesn't link the video. Anyone seen it?
msongs
(67,413 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)That would look extremely embarrassing for the leader on live TV.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)just continue to hit him with questions.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)I think that propaganda qualifies as a fallacy, compared to the truth of the matter: Cherry picking.
Heck, you could easily do that with any historical tyrant, so why not this one?
c-rational
(2,593 posts)some thanks for aid. In effect it was blackmail, and I said the same when I saw some of Cuomo's earlier press biefings. Like getting a POW to recite bullshit so he and his fellow servicemen would not be tortured. It is a game that POS is welll versed at.
Earth Bound Misfit
(3,554 posts)to March 2nd.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)has to blame others, never himself, why can't they stand up to him??? Why can't we stand up to him??? Just saying.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)when someone asked him if he noticed the Fauci hashtag