Trump Tries To Make Covid-19 All About Himself

People watch because Americans are dying and they’re looking for answers you malignant narcissist.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 29, 2020

Imagine doing a televised address on the unprecedented number of Americans contracting a lethal virus and your takeaway being “Bachelor finale” ratings.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) March 29, 2020

People are dying. Hospitals can't get vital equipment. And all you care about is your ratings. You're a monster.

— Jerry (@js_edit) March 29, 2020

...alone attracted 6.2 million viewers for the president’s briefing — an astounding number for a 6 p.m. cable broadcast, more akin to the viewership for a popular prime-time sitcom...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020

People also watch The Masked Singer that doesn't mean we want the hosts to be president.

— Darryl Silver (@silveraa) March 29, 2020

It’s the Coronavirus task force, not the Trump show.

— Proud American (@jmichealt1963) March 29, 2020

Seriously, what is wrong with you.

— dawnymock (@dawnymock) March 29, 2020

It is horrible that when hundreds of Americans are dying, we have a president who sees the coronavirus crisis as a branding exercise and a public relations opportunity and an opportunity to insanely boast about his ratings.https://t.co/mpEqhUbHgB

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) March 29, 2020

These people on his twitter feed said it for me.

Chuck Todd: “Do you think there is blood on the president’s hands considering the slow response?”

Biden: “I think that’s a little too harsh” pic.twitter.com/T0olK7Ctcu

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 29, 2020