Trump cuts off reporter asking about his total authority with “Enough!” (Trump is fuming)
Q: OAN — MI governor cuts off sales of non-essential goods
Trump punts
Trump calls WTO WHO “the Bobsy twins” (a reference so au courant)
Q: (CBS) Why are there no consequences for China?
“You’re the last person I would tell”
Q: to Pence re: states authority about emergency declaration and Trump’s claim of “total” authority
Pence blah-blah t- only Mnuchin, Fauci, and Pence mention 22k deaths. hypes mitigation efforts “I couldn’t be more proud to stand next to this president”
(It was amusing that several reporters tried to get Trump to talk more about his “total authority” over the states)
Trump: “They (governors) will cooperate perfectly”
Q: DC felt they got short changed
Trump punts
Q: what about a second COVID wave?
Trump punts
Q: China deployed aircraft carrier — what is the US response
Trump punts
Q: May 1 again?
Trump punts “we’’ put out guidelines soon” reiterates restaurants again
Q: Michelle Obama and mail-in ballot call?
Trump punts
Q: Oil agreement
stabilization price $20/barrel
Q: state shortages remain?
Trump punts, Says “some states don’t know what they have” blames Illinois specifically.
Q: Google/Apple websites (contact tracing and testing)?
Trump: “constitutional rights”
Trump blah-blah “things are happening now that will be obsolete in a year”
Trump blah-blah using Singapore as an example in terms of tracking individuals
Q: antibody tests? (Trump wants to flee)
Trump punts?
Q: Crozier?
Trump blah-blah questions carrier stop in Vietnam
Q: authority again (Jon Karl)
Trump: Trump filibusters, “Constitutional” again blah-blah
Q: Biden — when will the WH start sharing info.
Trump calls Swine flu response (17k dead) a failure
Q: Ivanka on the task force?
Trump punts, back to ventilators
Q: task force again?
Trump punts “best people” including religious leaders
Q: Stanley Chera?
Stanley Chera died. because it’s always about Trump, he talks about how Chera was excited about Trump’s election
Trump flees
Pence takes over the conference with Birx and Fauci.