The american president Donald trump tweeted Saturday that his daily press briefings on the pandemic again coronavirus didn’t deserve his time, two days after he sparked a worldwide controversy by seeming to consider treating the disease with a disinfectant.
“What is the point of having press conferences at the White House when the Media Oriented only ask hostile questions and then refuse to report the truth or the facts accurately”, wrote the Republican President.
“They have record audiences, and the American people are nothing but Fake News. It is not worth the time and effort! “, he tweeted.
What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2020
His comments seem to confirm information from American media that, stung by questions about his management of the health crisis, he planned to stop his press conferences, broadcast on cable TV channels, and which can sometimes last longer. two hours.
50 press points in two months
The President of United States, the country most bereaved by the pandemic with more than 53,000 dead, had created astonishment Thursday at one of these press briefings.
“I see the disinfectant knocks out (the coronavirus) in a minute. One minute. And is there a way to do something like that with an injection inside or almost like a cleaning? “, he said.
Donald Trump finally assured Friday that he had expressed himself in a “Sarcastic”, before ending, in the evening, his press conference after only about twenty minutes, without taking any questions. Saturday, after 50 press briefings in two months, the White House did not hold any.
Donald Trump, who is running for a second term in November in the White House, used these briefings to praise the policies of his administration, to dismiss criticism and to attack China, the Democrats and American journalists.
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