Posted on 04/11/2020 5:04:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - In his daily briefings on the coronavirus, President Donald Trump has brandished all the familiar tools in his rhetorical arsenal: belittling Democratic governors, demonizing the media, trading in innuendo and bulldozing over the guidance of experts.
It’s the kind of performance the president relishes but one that has his advisers and Republican allies worried.
As unemployment soars and the death toll skyrockets, and new polls show support for the president’s handling of the crisis sagging, White House allies and Republican lawmakers increasingly believe the briefings are hurting the president more than helping him. Many view the sessions as a kind of original sin from which all of his missteps flow, once he gets through his prepared script and turns to his preferred style of extemporaneous bluster and invective.
Trump “sometimes drowns out his own message,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has become one of the president’s informal counselors and told him “a once-a-week show” could be more effective. Rep. Susan Brooks of Indiana said “they’re going on too long.” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia said the briefings were “going off the rails a little bit” and suggested that he should “let the health professionals guide where we’re going to go.”
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board chastised the president for his behavior at the briefings. “COVID-19 isn’t shifty Schiff,” it wrote in an editorial Thursday, using Trump’s nickname for Rep. Adam Schiff. “It’s a once-a-century threat to American life and livelihood.”
With only intermittent attempts to adapt to a moment of crisis, Trump is effectively wagering that he can win reelection in the midst of a national emergency on a platform of polarization.
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Mitt Romney?
NYT still unfit to print if your are in need of the hot commodity “toilet paper” this could be your alternate
“some Republicans” is a euphemism for Romney and Collins
and other hated, backstabbing RINOs who could
much much better help the world
... if they jumped off their roofs.
NYT says Orange Man BAD!
Boom, boom.
TWO authors
No.
NY Slimes = Stop reading
Trump never handles public communication right according to many Republicans. From his escalator speech to his rallies, he gets it wrong according to them.
Time to stop the reporter sessions. Simply not necessary. Goal is to trip him up.
The only things I don’t like about these briefings are:
1) No date in place or plan on opening our economy
2) Dr. Fauci
3) Dr. Birx
NY “Lying” Times. All that is need to be said.
Obviously President Trump’s blessed Good Friday message and his honesty, candour, towering intelligence, profound morality, puissance, benevolence, magnanimity, strength, expert leadership qualities, wisdom, tolerance, and expert competence in managing this crisis are beyond Jonathan and Maggie’s grasp.
As unemployment soars and the death toll skyrockets, and new polls show support for the president’s handling of the crisis sagging, White House allies and Republican lawmakers increasingly believe the briefings are hurting the president more than helping him. Many view the sessions as a kind of original sin from which all of his missteps flow, once he gets through his prepared script and turns to his preferred style of extemporaneous bluster and invective.
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PROPAGANDA.
These people should be declared seditionists and put out of business.
Yeah. “Trump said something I didn’t like this one time. That’s why I’m voting for the democrat in November.” said no Trump supporter ever.
I was temp banned from FR twice during the 2016 election for bad mouthing Trump. Once during the primary and once during the General. And my observations were spot on. The guy was a chameleon and I couldn’t trust what he said. On election night I turned to my wife and said, The good news is hillary lost. the bad news is, trump won.
But then he started doing things. As president I apply the rule to him that I apply to all politicians. “Ignore what he says and watch what he does.”
I didn’t just become a fan. I’m 66 and see him as the best president in my lifetime. I usually vote “against” a candidate like I did in 2016. For the second time in my life, I’ll be voting FOR a candidate in 2020*.
*The first time was 1980, and note I did not include 1984.
I knew I’d find Maggie Haberman in the byline.
Only the RINOS don't like what they are hearing.
I think Yahoo news is even worse than the NYSlimes.
Now I look forward to his tweets.
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