Trump lied, insulted reporters, and explicitly refused to take responsibility for his own actions

[planosteve]

President Trump held a remarkable press conference Friday afternoon. It began with a parade of corporate CEOs who briefly took the podium to explain efforts their companies would take to improve coronavirus screening. But it quickly progressed into a parade of lies, insults, and buck passing by the president himself.
Trump’s core message: All of this is someone else’s fault.
One of the biggest failures — possibly the single biggest failure — of the United States’ response to coronavirus pandemic is our failure to deploy tests that will allow doctors, patients, and public health officials to determine who is infected. The United States has tested far fewer people per capita than any of its peer nations, and by a wide margin.
At one point, Trump was asked about the admission of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, that our lag in testing was “a failing.” And he was asked if he takes responsibility for this failure.
Trump’s response: “I don’t take responsibility at all.”
The president claimed that “we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules and regulations and specifications from a different time,” and this existing legal infrastructure “wasn’t meant for this kind of event with the kind of numbers that we’re talking about.”

It’s an astonishing claim, and it’s astonishing because Trump has spent the better part of his term dismantling the federal government’s pandemic fighting infrastructure.
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[jellowrestling]

The lag in testing was a "failing" because the test was flawed and had to be fixed.

[GFB]

Figures it made the liberals angry.

Best press conference I’ve ever seen.

The President assembled all relevant people from the Federal government and private sector.

Even the media is almost tolerable lately. Yes there was one miserable b*tch reporter that made everyone cringe..making some idiotic point that it’s all Trump’s fault.

[Sangersteve]

VOX slightly less left than Media matters.

Oh yeah they screamed about the team not being diverse.

When it had to be pointed out that there were two women right beside Trump

This was the response.

Mimi Rocah
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@Mimirocah1
When Dr. Birx was talking about this she had this ridiculously chipper voice like she was unveiling a new awesome car model. It was disturbing.

You can't please people with TDS.

[jellowrestling]

Figures it made the liberals angry.

Best press conference I’ve ever seen.

The President assembled all relevant people from the Federal government and private sector.

Even the media is almost tolerable lately. Yes there was one miserable b*tch reporter that made everyone cringe..making some idiotic point that it’s all Trump’s fault.

My mom is 84, and isn't political. I asked her if she had ever seen anything like the Trump press conference before [in response to an emergency], she said, "No. Never.", and said it was very impressive.

[planosteve]

VOX slightly less left than Media matters.

Oh yeah they screamed about the team not being diverse.

When it had to be pointed out that there were two women right beside Trump

This was the response.

Mimi Rocah
✔
@Mimirocah1
When Dr. Birx was talking about this she had this ridiculously chipper voice like she was unveiling a new awesome car model. It was disturbing.

You can't please people with TDS.

Mimi Rocah? Where did that come from? Who is she and why should we care?

[jellowrestling]

VOX slightly less left than Media matters.

Oh yeah they screamed about the team not being diverse.

When it had to be pointed out that there were two women right beside Trump

This was the response.

Mimi Rocah
✔
@Mimirocah1
When Dr. Birx was talking about this she had this ridiculously chipper voice like she was unveiling a new awesome car model. It was disturbing.

You can't please people with TDS.

Mimi Rocah? Where did that come from? Who is she and why should we care?

Legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News.

[Dancer]

Planosteve you are an idiot.

[planosteve]

Planosteve you are an idiot.

Thanks. I needed that. And my brother would agree with you. He's a liberal.