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Trump reverts to media-bashing and blame-casting in latest press conference

As reporters questioned the federal response to the outbreak, he complained, ‘We were very prepared. The media has not treated it fairly’

So much for “presidential”. Donald Trump reverted to his blame-casting, grievance-airing, media-bashing ways on Thursday in a press conference that started strangely and ended in an even weirder place.

It was the same Trump who spent more than four years lambasting the “fake news” media as enemies of the people. But now it was taking place during a global pandemic in which thousands of lives depend on trustworthy sources and reliable information.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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