Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

This was almost the entirety of Trump's response when asked about Reade's accusation against Biden - talking about how some accusations are false, like the ones, he says, about him. https://t.co/AJpcpiukHY — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says he's now seen the video of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, and it's "very, very disturbing." He says he saw a photo of Arbery in a tuxedo and "that looks like a really good young guy." He adds that it's "heartbreaking" and also "rough stuff." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump's new death toll forecast: "We'll be at 100,000, a hundred and ten." That's up from 75,000-100,000 on May 3, 60,000-70,000 on April 29, and 50,000-60,000 on April 20. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "Those jobs will all be back," "very soon." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked on Fox & Friends about the 20.5 million jobs being lost and the 14.7% unemployment rate, Trump says, "It's totally expected. There's no surprise." He says, "What I can do: I'll bring it back." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @ToluseO: BLS: “The rate was 13% for adult men, 15.5% for adult women, 31.9% for teenagers, 14.2% for Whites, 16.7% for Blacks, 14.5% fo… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @BLS_gov: Nonfarm payroll employment falls 20.5 million in April; unemployment rate rises to 14.7% https://t.co/1Y9cSWJUIB #JobsReport #… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @alleniverson: We talkin about practicing social distancing!!! #StayHome #StaySafe https://t.co/wJZjQU5I7V — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Pence says he + Trump + everyone who comes into contact with Trump will be tested daily. Trump today: "Testing is somewhat overrated" Wed: "There are a lot of people that don't believe in such big testing" Tues: "I don't think you need that kind of testing and that much testing" — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump April 20: "We could end up at 50 to 60 (thousand)" Trump April 27: "We’re probably heading to 60,000, 70,000" Trump April 29: The "final number" could be 60,000, 65,000 or 70,000 https://t.co/nUWqKxiPDJ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, reading his text, gives a shout-out to Brooklyn landlord Mario Salerno, who waived April rent. He ad-libs, "I got to see you on television, actually. I said, 'What kind of a landlord is that?' That's a great landlord." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is speaking at a National Day of Prayer event, struggling with his text. "As Scripture assures us, the Lord, your God, is not your midst. A mighty one who will save." He adds, "And I think it's, uh, I think it's so true," then reads the line correctly ("is in your midst"). — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump added that we're all warriors: "I am, you are, we all are." Believe that's the first time he's included himself in the warrior brigade. https://t.co/EnEHtQdH3c — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if he'll reach out to Flynn, Trump says yes: "I think he's a hero." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if people should expect to live off their previous coronavirus checks or if more help could be coming, Trump says, "Well, something could happen. There is talk about something happening. And we'll see what's going on." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump keeps suggesting that a potential second wave of the virus would be easily extinguishable "embers" or "fires." We do not know this. He concedes, "There's still things we don't know about this crazy plague. This particular virus." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, asked about Fox News, bashes various news outlets ("Concast"), etc., and says, "Andy Lack was a hack," but praises ABC's David Muir. "I thought he gave me a very fair interview the other night. Very good professional." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked how much influence Fox has over his pandemic thinking, Trump says "no different than anybody else." He says he also watches others and reads "a lot of newspapers." "I think I'm very well-versed -- when it comes to not only the pandemic but everything," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "We have a low mortality rate, also. Frankly, if you took New York out of the equation, we would really have a low mortality rate." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says you have to have some kind of coronavirus liability protection, because, if not, "It would be litigation heaven." He says, "You go to a game and you sue the team owner?" — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump on COVID liability protection for businesses: "You can't have a restaurant and a guy is gonna open and it's a nice business but it's not exactly the oil business in its prime, right, and somebody leaves and they say 'oh, I'm gonna sue them,' because they caught the plague." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says he's getting a "full report" this evening on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. He says, "My heart goes out to the parents and to the loved ones of the young gentleman. It's a very sad thing." He says he hasn't seen the video. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked what he says to states that haven't met Trump's own reopening guidelines but are still reopening, Trump says "we give leeway to the governors" and they've "done a good job." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if the Oval Office has been deep cleaned, whether they're doing contact tracing re the valet, and whether the person's contacts should be quarantined, Trump says, "They're doing everything that you can do, again, within the limits of testing." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, who says he was tested yesterday and again today, also says "testing is somewhat overrated." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if more jobs will be lost in May, Trump says, "The number will start coming down at an appropriate time, whatever that is." He says we're heading toward a "transition into greatness," since next year will be a "phenomenal year." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says Putin called him for the 75th anniversary of VE day. He says of the US-Soviet alliance in World War II: "We were partners, so to speak, for a very big, successful war." He says he volunteered to send Russia some ventilators. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump repeats his call for journalists to return Pulitzer Prizes for their Trump-Russia coverage, this time accurately calling them the Pulitzer Prizes and not Noble Prizes. He says "they're not journalists, they're thieves," which makes no sense. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says people from the Obama DOJ committed "treason." (Nobody committed treason, which has an actual definition that is not this.) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump on the Flynn news: "Innocent man," "great gentleman," "targeted by the Obama administration," "what they've done is a disgrace," "a big price should be paid," "dishonest, crooked people - they're scum...human scum." — PolitiTweet.org