Donald Trump just waved the white flag on his press briefings
Donald Trump isn’t holding a press briefing today, after he barely held one yesterday. He’s been dodging media questions ever since he had his “disinfectant and sunlight” meltdown on Thursday. There have been reports that Trump is now ready to partly or fully give up on holding press briefings. Now Trump is waving the white flag.
Trump posted this bizarre tweet just now, explaining why he’s giving up on his briefings:
What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2020
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Here’s what doesn’t make sense. Donald Trump is arguing that his press briefings are getting huge ratings, which would mean that lots of people are watching and hearing directly from him. Yet he’s also arguing that there’s no point to the briefings because the news outlets aren’t reporting accurately on what he’s saying. Even if this were true, wouldn’t he still want to hold the briefings in order to reach the public directly?
Trump’s disastrous press briefings have been harming him from the start. His approval rating numbers and 2020 poll numbers keep dropping. Now that Trump has screwed up so badly that even he seems to understand he’s harming himself, he’s taking his ball and going home – or at least he’s threatening to. We’ll see if he goes back to holding briefings after he gets tired of not being able to act like an idiot in front of the cameras each day.
