But as the pandemic and its economic devastation have dragged on, the president has also used his position to brag about the ratings of his pressers beating out ABC’s The Bachelor and riff about his past sexual encounters with “models.” His approval bump has proved to be temporary, as an April 14 Gallup poll found a six-point drop. Forty-nine percent of Americans voiced their approval of his leadership at the time, which marked just the second time his presidency has enjoyed such ratings in Gallup’s national survey. Despite the president’s personal role in downplaying the dangers of the coronavirus, and the White House’s severely delayed mitigation efforts, Trump saw a sizable favorability boost in March. While Hope Hicks now holds a nebulous White House title, the communications strategy she has crafted for Trump’s emergency messaging is perfectly clear: let him address the nation in his own words while taking the briefing room’s centerstage on a near daily basis.Īt first, this proved to be effective. This “let Trump be Trump” strategy-the administration’s go-to, considering Trump has fired anyone who might preempt it-was applied to the pandemic just as one of the president’s most trusted aides officially returned to the fold. skyrockets, and the economy plummets, Donald Trump has continued to use the White House’s daily coronavirus press briefings to boast about how well he believes he’s handling the crisis, and take pot shots at his enemies. Update: This story has been updated to include the president's tweet.As the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. officials have said there are indications China is using cyber warfare to steal research on a coronavirus vaccine from American labs. intelligence agencies have so far said they have no evidence.
Trump has also suggested that the virus could have been accidentally released from a Chinese laboratory, an allegation for which U.S. Trump has accused China of withholding information about the virus, which originated in the city of Wuhan, and of thereby causing harm to the rest of the world that could have been avoided. In April, the Justice Department took note, and began working with Asian American groups to track and prosecute hate crimes against Asian Americans. In reality, however, making China into a scapegoat for the coronavirus outbreak has led to a spike in discrimination against Asian-Americans, ranging from harassment to hate crimes. On Tuesday morning, Trump claimed, without evidence, that "Chinese Americans are the most angry of all" about how the United States had been treated by China.
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The exchange was the latest in a series of bitter back-and-forths Trump has had with reporters since he started giving near daily press briefings on the coronavirus pandemic in mid-March. appreciate it, thank you very much," Trump said, and he turned and walked away. "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. "But I just wanted to let my colleague finish," Collins said, but Trump cut her off. And you didn't respond, and now I'm calling on the other young lady in the back," Trump said. "But you called on me," Collins protested. "Next, next please," Trump said, as he looked past Collins. "No, it's ok," Trump said, dismissing Collins, "we'll go up here." "OK, yes, please go ahead, in the back," he said.Ĭollins approached the microphone, "I have two questions," she said. "Anyone else?" Trump said to the assembled reporters, before calling on CNN's Kaitlan Collins, who was standing in line behind Jiang. "That's not a nasty question," Jiang insisted, but Trump had already moved on. "I'm saying that to anyone who would ask a nasty question like that." "I'm not saying it specifically to anybody," Trump responded, growing visibly irate. "Sir, why are you saying that to me, specifically?" Ask China that question, okay? If you ask them that question, you may get a very unusual answer."Īs Trump proceeded to call on another reporter, Jiang followed up.
"They're losing their lives everywhere in the world," Trump replied, "And maybe that's a question you should ask China. Jiang, who is Chinese American, continued, "Why does that matter? Why is it global competition to you, if every day Americans are still losing their lives, and we are still seeing more cases every day?"
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