Trump defended his response today to the coronavirus in order to fight negative reporting from the ‘Fake News Media’ in two different ways.
First, he layed out the timeline of his response:
President Trump gives a Timeline of his Coronavirus Response: pic.twitter.com/ocOVcg4tmH
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 13, 2020
Trump then played a video montage that a group in the White House put together:
President Trump just played a montage of the the media downplaying the Coronavirus in the White House Briefing Room
What a Savage 🔥 pic.twitter.com/rZDio8F27V
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 13, 2020
That video was epic. It not only showed members of the media doing what they accuse Trump of doing in downplaying the coronavirus threat, he played a New York Times reporter defending his response as well. He also included clips of bipartisan governors praising Trump’s efforts in responding to their needs.
Believe it or not, CNN actually stuck with the video until the portion with the New York Times reporter was complete. But they cut away before the governors could be heard praising Trump’s response, of course:
Who will cut away from Trump's propaganda video first? pic.twitter.com/Ru840GxWQx
— Travon Free (@Travon) April 13, 2020
Immediately a couple of White House reporters accused Trump of airing a campaign video:
President Trump just showed a video in the WH briefing room defending this response to the coronavirus.
The video was essentially a campaign video with cherry picked cable videos aimed at only telling the president's side.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 13, 2020
WH just played what appeared to be a campaign video defending Trump. In the briefing room. Just like a rally
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020
ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl asked Trump who produced the video, and Trump replied it was produced by a group in the White House. There was nothing on the video suggesting it was a campaign video which was obvious to most of us watching. But reporters, looking for another way to attack Trump, are trying to paint it that way.
The media is also calling it a ‘propaganda’ video:
.@JohnKingCNN on Trump's playing a video outlining his performance fighting #coronavirus, in WH task force briefing:
"That's just plain out propaganda in the James Brady briefing room of the White House"— Michael Mathes (@MichaelMathes) April 13, 2020
I’ll end the post with this video of Trump responding to a CBS News reporter accusing him of not doing enough to prepare the country for the outbreak during the month of February:
President Trump shreds a CBS News reporter. Wow. pic.twitter.com/sbIWkPr1kZ
— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) April 13, 2020