LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE TONIGHT.
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL SEE.
JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT IS WORTH
KNOWING.
KNOWING. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.
THAT THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT NOW,
IN THE MIDST OF THIS CRISIS, IS
VISIBLY STRUGGLING.
VISIBLY STRUGGLING. THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG OR HE’S
JUST NOT DOING OKAY, I DON’T
KNOW, BUT THE PRESIDENT
APPARENTLY JUST IS NOT ABLE TO
KEEP IT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW IN
HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE IN A
TIME OF CRISIS, AND WE ARE, THAT
SEEMS LIKE THE SORT OF THING
THAT WE AMERICANS SHOULD JUST AL
BE AWARE OF.
>> YOU SAID MANY TIMES THAT THE
U.S. IS DOING FAR BETTER THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES
TO TESTING.
TO TESTING. >> YES.
>> YES. >> WHY DOES THAT MATTER?
WHY IS THIS A GLOBAL COMPETITION
TO YOU, IF EVERY DAY AMERICANS
ARE STILL LOSING THEIR LIVES AND
WE’RE STILL SEEING MORE CASES
EVERY DAY?
EVERY DAY? >> WELL, THEY’RE LOSING THEIR
LIVES EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
AND MAYBE THAT’S A QUESTION YOU
SHOULD ASK CHINA.
DON’T ASK ME.
ASK CHINA THAT QUESTION, OKAY?
WHEN YOU ASK THEM THAT QUESTION,
YOU MAY GET A VERY UNUSUAL
ANSWER.
ANSWER. YES, BEHIND YOU, PLEASE.
>> SIR, WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT
TO ME, SPECIFICALLY?
>> I’M TELLING YOU.
I’M NOT SAYING IT SPECIFICALLY
TO ANYBODY.
TO ANYBODY. I’M SAYING IT TO ANYBODY ASKS A
NASTY QUESTION LIKE THAT.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> WHY DOES IT MATTER --
>> OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE?
PLEASE.
PLEASE. GO AHEAD IN THE BACK, PLEASE.
>> I ASKED TWO QUESTIONS.
>> NO IT’S OKAY.
>> BUT YOU POINTED TO ME.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MR.
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> NEXT, PLEASE.
>> BUT YOU CALLED ON ME.
>> I DID.
>> I DID. AND YOU DIDN’T RESPOND.
AND NOW I’M CALLING ON THE YOUNG
LADY IN THE BACK.
PLEASE.
PLEASE. >> I JUST WANT TO LET MY --
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE
PRESIDENT TODAY?
PRESIDENT TODAY? WE DON’T KNOW.
SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU, YOU KNOW,
LIKE THE PRESIDENT OR NOT,
WHETHER YOU ENJOY HIS PUBLIC
AFFECT OR NOT ON A REGULAR
BASIS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG.
SOMETHING WRONG. AND THAT’S IMPORTANT WHENEVER
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS VISIBLY UNWOUND LIKE
THAT.
THAT. AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS
JUST STRESS.
JUST STRESS. PUBLICLY, PUBLICLY POLITICALLY,
THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUSHING THE
LINE NOW THAT THE EP DEM SICK IN
THE PAST AND THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN -- THE EPIDEMIC IS IN THE
PAST AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
CHEERING ON THE PROTESTERS,
GATHERING IN BIG GROUPS AN NOT
WEARING MASKS AND SAYING
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE OPEN, BUT
ALONGSIDE THAT PUBLIC POSITION,
INSIDE THAT HOUSE, IN THE PLACE
WHERE HE NOW LIVES AND WORKS,
THERE’S AN OUTBREAK NOW THAT HAS
PUT ALL OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP
OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS
TASK FORCE INTO VARYING DEGREES
OF QUARANTINE.
OF QUARANTINE. AND APPARENTLY PUT THE VICE
PRESIDENT INTO ISOLATION AT HOME
OVER THE WEEKEND, AS REPORTED BY
BLOOMBERG NEWS.
BLOOMBERG NEWS. BEFORE THE WHITE HOUSE THEN
BELATEDLY DENIED THAT REPORTING
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT CAME BACK
TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY,
BRAVELY WEARING NO MASK.
THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL VALET,
THE VICE PRESIDENT’S
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, I MEAN
PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE
TESTING POSITIVE NOW.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE, BY AND
LARGE, HAS NOT BEEN HAVING
PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS REGULARLY
BEEN HAVING CONGREGATE MEETINGS
INVOLVING MEETINGS INVOLVING THE
PRESIDENT AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN
ENGAGING IN MUCH IF ANY SOCIAL
DISTANCING EFFORTS IN TERMS OF
THE WAY PEOPLE ARE WORKING.
ALMOST NO ONE HAS BEEN WEARING
MASKS INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AS
A WORKPLACE.
A WORKPLACE. AND SO MAYBE THE PRESIDENT IS
JUST STRESSED OUT AT THE VIRUS
HE HAS BEEN PLAYING DOWN, THIS
THING HE IS SO INVESTED
POLITICALLY, AND TELLING
AMERICANS THAT THEY SHOULDN’T
WORRY ABOUT CONTRACTING IT
ANYMORE, IT’S INSIDE HIS HOUSE
NOW.
NOW. CNN REPORTING THAT A PERSON WHO
SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS
WEEKEND SAID THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP, QUOTE, VOICED FRUSTRATION
THAT TWO WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS
TESTED POSITIVE, AND HE HAS
ASKED WHY HIS VALETs WEREN’T
ORDERED TO WEAR MASKS BEFORE
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. THE PRESIDENT HAS TOLD PEOPLE
REPORTEDLY THAT HE DOES NOT WANT
TO BE NEAR ANYONE WHO HASN’T
BEEN TESTED, AND HAS BRISTLED
WHEN COMING INTO CONTACT WITH
SOME PEOPLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
IMAGINE BEING TERRIFIED AND
FURIOUS ABOUT THE VIRUS CLOSING
IN ON YOU, IN YOUR HOME, WHILE
PUBLICLY, EVERY DAY, YOU’RE
RAILING ABOUT HOW GREAT YOU’VE
DONE AT KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE
FROM THIS VIRUS AND HOW NOBODY
SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
GETTING IT ANYMORE AND
EVERYTHING SHOULD OPEN BACK UP
SO WE’LL ALL COME BACK INTO
CONTACT WITH INNUMERABLE PEOPLE
WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IT, WHO
MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TESTED.
I MEAN THERE IS A VERY DIVORCED
DUALITY THERE, AND IT FEELS LIKE
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HANDLING
THIS DUALITY VERY WELL.
HIS SEAMS ARE VERY MUCH SHOWING.
AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE OVER 1.3
MILLION CASES IN THE UNITED
STATES NOW, OVER 80,000
AMERICANS HAVE DIED, THOSE
ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS WHICH OF
COURSE ARE RELENTLESSLY GROWING
EVERY DAY, THEY HAVE JUST SORT
OF SLID OFF THE PRESIDENT,
WITHOUT EVEN ONCE APPEARING TO
PERTURB HIM BUT HE DOES APPEAR
PERTURBED NOW, HE DOES APPEAR
UNSETTLED, HE DID
UNCEREMONIOUSLY ABORT A WHITE
HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY, IN
THE MIDDLE OF BEING UNABLE TO