The Intercept: on Trump’s insane presser yesterday.

This is the kind of thing that should, IMO, enrage everyone, especially leftists.

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/14/trump-pr-stunt-falls-flat-white-house-video-exposes

Excerpt:

Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat, as White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic
Robert Mackey
April 14 2020, 6:14 a.m.

Donald Trump grinned broadly on Monday as he tricked the news networks into broadcasting a taxpayer-funded testimonial to his own leadership, in the form of a video highlight reel of presidential statements on the coronavirus crisis, set to stirring music, unveiled during the president’s 29th daily briefing on the pandemic.

WATCH: Here was the scene in today’s #PressBriefing when President Trump aired what @CNN has labeled a propaganda video. pic.twitter.com/ZMaYDL6YVu
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) April 13, 2020

The video, which was riddled with errors and deceptively edited, was apparently intended to rebut a damning report on the front page of Sunday’s New York Times that detailed how slow Trump had been to take the threat posed by the virus seriously. While Trump was obviously pleased by the production — he pointed to the screen with a look of smug triumph at several points — he seemed unaware as it was unspooling in the White House briefing room that it contained a fatal flaw that helped reinforce the central argument of The Times report.

Inside coronavirus briefing President Trump is having reporters watch campaign style montage praising his handling of coronavirus. #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/Idq26FKYqQ
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) April 13, 2020

The compilation of clips, selected by the White House social media director, Dan Scavino, attempted to create an alternative history of the first months of the crisis, according to which the American media initially “minimized the risk,” but the president “took decisive action” nonetheless, only to be unfairly maligned by his political opponents, before the nation’s governors came together to sing his praises.

The centerpiece of the video was a timeline of actions by Trump and his administration, highlighting the partial ban on travel from China he ordered on Jan. 31, and his declaration of a national emergency on March 13.