Tuesday, April 14, 2020

President Trump says his authority is total

At the White House briefing yesterday President Donald Trump said his authority is absolute.

He criticised again the World Health Organization and added the World Trade Organisation to his list of enemies.

The president compared WHO and the WTO to the Bobbsey Twins.


The Bobbsey Twins were the main characters in children's novels. The first of the books was published in 1904.


The books related the adventures of the children of the upper-middle-class Bobbsey family, which included
 two sets of twins.

From USA Today
Paula Reid from CBS:
“The argument is that you bought yourself some time (with the travel restrictions),” Reid said Monday, as she and Trump spoke over one another. “You didn’t use it to prepare hospitals. You didn’t use it to ramp up testing. Right now, nearly 20 million people are unemployed. Tens of thousands of Americans are dead. How is this ... rant supposed to make people feel confident in an unprecedented crisis?”
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“You’re so disgraceful,” Trump responded. “It’s so disgraceful the way you say that.”
Trump then circled back to the travel restrictions from China, but Reid pressed, “But what did you do with the time that you bought? The month of February was a gap.”

Reid continued, pointing to a nearly month-long gap in a campaign ad-style video Trump played at Monday's press briefing, "What did your administration do in February with the time what your travel ban bought you?"

"A lot. A lot. And in fact, we'll give you a list," he responded.
Reid continued to press, "What?" in regards to what the administration did.
"You know you're a fake, your whole network, the way you cover it is fake," Trump responded.

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