Donald Trump gets absolutely shredded for his bizarre attack on Peter Alexander

Bill Palmer | 4:05 pm EDT March 20, 2020

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Donald Trump isn’t trying to save America. He’s not even trying to save what little is left of his presidency. Instead he’s just trying to antagonize everyone involved. When NBC News reporter Peter Alexander asked Trump what he would say to Americans who are scared about the coronavirus crisis, Trump responded that Alexander was a “terrible reporter.”

This was psychotic even by Donald Trump’s standards. He got absolutely shredded for it:

"What do you say to millions of Americans who are scared?" – Peter Alexander

"I say that you are a terrible reporter." – Trump

Really bad look for the president here.

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) March 20, 2020

The thing about Peter Alexander's question to Trump about Americans being frightened? The one that prompted Trump to lash out at him as a terrible reporter?

A colleague of Alexander's at NBC News just died of covid-19.

— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 20, 2020

Bill Palmer

Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report