Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is sounding today like he did during the period when he was calling for an Easter opening, emphasizing that the country needs to get open soon and can't do this for long, even as his administration maintains distancing guidelines through end of April. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "The problem with this one is the contagion. It's so contagious...things that nobody even thought of, the level of contagion...so we're getting there, we're gonna make sure that it's over soon..." He claims it won't be "long." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "The problem with this one is the contagion. It's so contagious...you can catch it...things that nobody even thought of, the level of contagion...so we're getting there, we're gonna make sure that it's over soon..." He claims it won't be "long." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: This isn't pleasant, but some "say they've gotten to know their family better and they love their family more than ever. That's a beautiful thing. They've actually gotten to know 'em...I guess it could also work the other way, perhaps...don't want to talk about that." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump continues to tout hydroxychloroquine, which Fauci and others emphasize has not been proven for this purpose, and cite "positive" reports he is not very familiar with. Of one story he tells, he says, "Maybe that's correct, maybe it's false, you'll have to check it out." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump said he called Modi this morning and "I said I'd appreciate if they would release the amounts that we ordered" of hydroxychloroquine, "and they are giving it serious consideration." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: We have to vanquish the virus "because we have a lot of things happening in this country and we have a great future, but we have to get back to work." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is more ad-libby today than he has been in several of his recent opening statements. Lots of musings, grievances and adjectives. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump calls New York "the hottest of all the hotspots." Of New Jersey's virus challenges, he muses that "I don't know if that's overflow...it's a crowded state also. Where you have people on top of people, it's always tough." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is, I think, referring to the virus as a "they": "They hit one, they hit another, they hit another state, they hit areas that you didn't expect. But we're watching it and we're capturing it." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump claims some states have more ventilators than they need but "they don't even like to admit it." He says they'll admit it when everything's over, but that doesn't help us very much right now. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says we have to "stop playing this game" where he gives governors more ventilators than they even asked for but then the governor criticizes him anyway to the media. He adds, "We can't play that game." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "Who ever heard of 180 million N95 masks?" — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump on his use of the Defense Production Act to force companies to make critical supplies: "You could call it retaliations...if people don't give us what we need." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump on sports leagues: "They gotta get back. They can't do this." He says they weren't designed to be shut down. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "Remember...we're a backup...We're the greatest backup that ever existed for the states." (On acquisitions, governors have repeatedly urged him to have the federal government take a leading role so that states don't have to fight it out with each other and the feds.) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump back on script: "Let me be extremely clear...we will move heaven and earth to safeguard our great American citizens." Ad-libbing: "We have to open our country again. We have to open our country again. We don't want to be doing this for months and months and months." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says nobody's ever seen anything like this in terms of the need for things like ventilators, "uniforms and outfits." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says areas not experiencing large numbers of infections are requesting supplies beyond what their circumstances require. He says it's understandable their officials are trying to get the most they can, but some requests are "inflated." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says they'll be "adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the states," soldiers, nurses, doctors. He says, "It'll be a large number." He adds, "They're going into war. They're going into a battle" they haven't trained for. He muses again about "1917." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says it's critical "certain media outlets stop spreading false rumors and creating fear and even panic with the public. It's just incredible. I could name 'em, but it's the same ones...I guess they're looking for ratings." He bashes "fake news." Doesn't name any outlet. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says this will be probably be the worst week, or this week and next. He adds, "There'll be a lot of death, unfortunately, but a lot less death than if this wasn't done...but there will be death." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is noting his administration's efforts to get temporary hospitals built and staffed. He adds, "It's just an incredible situation. There's never been anything like this." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump begins at the briefing by expressing support, solidarity and love for Americans. "We're fighting for you, and we're enduring all of this together, and we will soon prevail together," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the list of sports leaders (and Vince McMahons) the president spoke with today, per the White House. https://t.co/ZVEIiXG0yc — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's the list of sports executives (and Vince McMahons) the president spoke with today. https://t.co/nDhKLnrd3Z — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@JLew1050 Kawhi’s double steal in OT or 2OT, when he deflected the pass from Middleton and then lunged and took it from Brogdon, is one of the best plays I’ve ever seen — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @NaderDIssa: This is where we're at in buying PPE. An Illinois official sped on a highway to get to a meet-up in a McDonald's parking l… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump sometimes says they inherited an obsolete or broken system. That’s vague and subjective. But saying they inherited obsolete tests is complete nonsense. This is a new virus. The broken initial tests were developed this year. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

The NYT finds nearly 40,000 people have flown in from China since Trump imposed the travel restrictions he regularly describes has having "closed down"/"closed off"/"shut down" China. (The restrictions were never actually designed as a complete ban.) https://t.co/NO9QcRSlHr — PolitiTweet.org