While the daily virus briefings /shows have kept him in the media…
His gaffs have hurt his approval numbers and sometimes been dangerous ….
He has battled in public with the scientific experts and come up short…
He has freelanced and got grief from the media so bad that even Fox has questioned his advice…
Worst?
Joe Biden’s numbers are actually rising at Trump’s expense…
Of course?
Who knows if this will be the case?
We ARE talking about ‘The Donald ‘….
President Trump plans to pare back his coronavirus press conferences, according to four sources familiar with the internal deliberations.
- He may stop appearing daily and make shorter appearances when he does, the sources said — a practice that may have started with Friday’s unusually short briefing.
Why this matters: Trump’s daily press conferences — televised to a largely homebound population — have dominated the public discourse about the coronavirus.
Behind the scenes: A number of Trump’s most trusted advisers — both inside and outside the White House — have urged him to stop doing marathon televised briefings.
- They’ve told him he’s overexposed and these appearances are part of the reason polls aren’t looking good for him right now against Joe Biden.
- “I told him it’s not helping him,” said one adviser to the president. “Seniors are scared. And the spectacle of him fighting with the press isn’t what people want to see.”
But Trump has defended the practice, telling critics that the briefings get good ratings.
- One source cautioned that decisions like this one are never final until they’re final.
- A senior administration official involved in the discussions said: “He should keep everyone guessing as to whether he appears day by day. And leave the technical briefings to others. Be there to announce victories.”….
Note…
CNN and MSNBC have begun to cut away from the daily show from time to time….
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About Damn Time…they get painful and more infuriating by the day…
In the beginning (when the Big 3 networks pre-empted their own programming to show them live), I used to endure Trump (often with Mute On) while waiting for Dr Fauci, Dr Birx, Dr Redfield and/or the Surgeon-General give some sound information (however haltingly) based on science and medicine.
But no longer. Better to watch BBC News America, PBS, the networks and our local stations.
I haven’t watched TV news for a month
We will see how this goes.
I’m not certain he will be able to.
He will hear something said he doesn’t like and he will charge back to the podium.
He loves that podium!
I agree with ya Jack….
His ego is just too big and insecure
Trump’s White House did NOT hold a virus briefing today….
Dr Fauci has not been present at one for several days either….
Anthony Fauci, the Man who Knew Too Much…
This was coming with Fauci….
He was making Trump look dumb and wrong…
People who do that ?
Do last around for long…
But i doubt they will fire him…
Do so would give the guy a media mouthpiece they wouldn’t be able to control…
Yeah this is just another hint of Trump”s so called “pivot”.
He was going to pivot after the election and become more Presidential with less Tweets.
After losing the 2018 GOP midterm loss he was going to pivot and take things more seriously with less Tweets and rallies.
These briefings are his new rallies.
Republicans have never held him to account to actually complete these “pivots”.
Why would they start now?