Trumpkin briefing to begin 5:50 ET 8/4/2020

Has he ever been on time for one of these things?

CNN just announced The Orange One is late but will break in when he finally shows up. Jim Acosta isn't in the briefing room but reporting from the lawn.

He's going to ramble even more incoherently

It's been non-stop disaster for him since Tulsa

It's been a non-stop disaster since he announced he was running in June 2015 r3.

He just referred to the Beirut explosion saying it “looks like a terrible *attack*.”

Can you imagine the scrambling behind the scenes at this minute? Are any of his aides trying to advise him on how to deflect questions about the Axios interview or have they just given up?

What drugs is he on?

For us, R4---definitely.

But shit's literally been exploding on him this past month, and his base can't even pretend to call it a win.

He's live on MSNBC...

He's talking about "spectacular" economic numbers.

That's easy R6-- he'll just say it went really well and he was able to explain all the good he's been doing on COVID and will thank Mike Allen/Swan for giving him a platform, etc.

Remember, truth does not need enter into the equatoin

"We're seeing indications our strong mitigation efforts are working, very well, actually."

"The positive rein"

I think he meant "range" ...

r10: Lying right out the gate! Next will be excellent CV numbers.

Blaming China for his own incompetence

It’s on C-Span.

"very accurate numbers"

He was a working vocabulary of about five adjectives

I love the way he says "Chi-na" like you know he's just dying to break into a fake Chinese accent

Uh oh - that really means “very inaccurate numbers”

Hey r17, that is a badly extremely terrible thing to say! Mexican!

Again with the numbers. He has no idea what they mean. Just that bland monotone reciting like a child. The asshole can barely do arithmetic and now he's trying to do percentages.

We think we'll have a vaccine very soon.

Just like we were going to have his health care plan signed, sealed and delivered yesterday.

Who are these 'middle men' that 'nobody knows who they are'? WTF is he talking about?

He drops these bombshells and nobody asks?

Oooh, the 'mortality numbers are looking very good.'

He struggles so hard trying to read his notes out loud. The Swann interview shows he has no clue how to interpret even the simplest statistics. I’d guess his cognitive level is about that of an 8-year old (likewise his emotional maturity.)

I’d love to see him take a real cognitive test as part of a comprehensive cognitive assessment.

His slurring is TREMENDOUSLY pronounced

r24: there you go!

Why is he comparing the US to France? Who the fuck cares about testing??? France is reopen, isn't it?

He is such a fucking idiot.

VENTILATORS!

"21 billion gloves. Can ya believe that?"

His health is failing.

"I love the way he says "Chi-na"

He was stung by the criticism of him pronouncing it "Jinah" during the campaigning, so he over-enunciates it now.

WHAT is he babbling about?

r29, but of course!

[quote]Remember, truth does not need enter into the equatoin

You got that right!

"Some of our great generals"

He called it the China virus right out of the gate.

He said several times how they are working hard to help people with "underlining conditions." Oh Dear.

He's met with "some of our great generals" -- they've all resigned or been fired. Who the fuck is he talking to?

Person, Man, Woman, Camera, TV.

The has tremendous numbers of gloves. Big gloves, for the hands. Not like French gloves. Or tremendously small gloves from Gyna! And we’ll have other gloves very soon. Yesterday at the latest. And they’ll be worn on the feet and in other places.

He looks miserable

He has no idea what he's talking about

I haven't heard him in months. Sounds tired and beat-down.

I have to say something unpopular. I think the orange thingy on his face might actually be better than the pink skin blob that’s underneath.

He's announcing that Lou Dobbs is going to be in charge of the dept. of UFO's, so he can talk about illegal aliens every day. "They're Mexican AND Reptilian and they're here for your jobs and your DNA.! They're going to build a big beautiful net to keep them out.

The number of deaths isn't so bad, if you take out the people who died in New York.

This is no time to be in a a shelter with the Covid.

"Tic-Tac"

Your question about TikTok: Did you say that was impressive?

No, sir, I said it was unprecedented.

A TikTok question. And he confuses "unprecedented" with "presidential"! Also, he comments on parents who aren't aware of what their kids are doing. Wow! Have you talked to Barron today?

He really believes these pressers make him look good?! Wow

OMG, he pleased as punch to be giving every country around the world permission to blackmail all the American countries who do business within their borders.

CBSN cut him off when he started with the "mismanagement and run by radical Democrats".

Lots of empty seats at the presser today. The A listers aren't there. Oh good! Finally Yamiche Alcindor is pressing him and now he's babbling about testing.

R53 CSPAN is still carrying.

Maybe we test so much because we have the most cases, Sherlock.

He compared USA covid response to India's.

He just pointed to a guy from Fox. Softball question about mail-in ballots. Let's assume this will be the last question until one of the OAN ladies are there.

“The number of deaths isn’t so bad if you take out the number of deaths.”

I would never in my life ever have thought I would see the day when a US President would stand st the podium and be asked about his tweets!

So mail-in ballots are OK in Fla. because Florida has a GREAT GOVERNOR (who’s also doing a GREAT JOB with the Coronavirus!)

Number of coronavirus tests performed as of Aug. 3, 2020:

US: 59 million

China: 90 million

Yep, he used the Fox guy to close the deal.

If I were a reporter ready to say "Fuck it," I'd ask about the gloves he's so excited about and ask if there would be any made in his size.

NBC News HUGE banner at the bottom of the screen:

Trump on Coronavirus Rising Death Toll: 'IT IS WHAT IT IS.'

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[quote]He's met with "some of our great generals" -- they've all resigned or been fired. Who the fuck is he talking to?

The Confederate statues

He said they have delivered 21 billion gloves. Even without checking I'm sure this is inaccurate

I think testing is dumb, unless you have flu-like symptoms- but that's all they talk about. So what? You test negative today but may test poz on Thursday.

I had a bad flu last week and because I don't have a doctor I went to a community health center drive-thru. I still haven't received test results and it's been 5 days. I was totally recovered by Sunday.

Yo Semite Sam !