US President Donald Trump apparently puts his regular press conferences in the corona crisis to the test. What was the point of holding press conferences in the White House when the media “asked nothing but hostile questions and then refused to report the truth or facts,” Trump wrote on Saturday night (local time) on Twitter.
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The media has “record ratings and the American people get nothing but fake news,” said the US President. That is not worth the effort. It was unclear whether his tweet meant that he would no longer want to hold press conferences on the Corona crisis in the future. There was no such briefing on Saturday. No briefing was announced for Sunday either.
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Trump has held press conferences almost daily since mid-March, some of which lasted longer than two hours. Journalists were able to ask him detailed questions. Due to verbal attacks on some media representatives, controversial, sometimes false statements and much self-praise, Trump increasingly criticized his appearances.
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Disinfectant faux pas
It is possible that Trump is trying to pull his head out of the disinfectant controversy. At a press conference on Thursday, Trump encouraged researchers to look into ways to inject disinfectants directly into people fighting the virus. With this, he triggered broad outrage. On Friday, he tried to capture his comments, saying that they were just “sarcasm”.
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In fact, there was no hint of sarcasm when Trump considered the possibility of a disinfectant injection. (kes / SDA)
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