Donald Trump launches into tirade about the virus starting with ‘one person in China’ and insists he never called COVID-19 a ‘hoax’ – while predicting the pandemic will end with a ‘miracle’
- Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a fiery tweet Saturday morning
- He insisted that he never referred to the coronavirus as a ‘hoax’ and called Democrats liars
- Trump also said the coronavirus started with ‘one person from China and then grew’, adding that it will be a ‘miracle’ end
- The Twitter tirade came just after he was criticized for suggesting injecting disinfectants to treat coronavirus
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a fiery tweet Saturday and insisted the coronavirus pandemic will end in a ‘miracle’.
‘The Do Nothing Democrats are spending much of their money on Fake Ads. I never said that the CoronaVirus is a ‘Hoax’, I said that the Democrats, and the way they lied about it, are a Hoax,’ the president tweeted.
‘Also, it did start with ‘one person from China’, and then grew, & will be a ‘Miracle’ end!’ he added.
Trump did not elaborate on what kind of ‘miracle’ he was expecting nor did he call out specific Democrats by name.
Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a fiery tweet Saturday morning
Trump insisted that he never referred to the coronavirus a ‘hoax’ and called Democrats liars
The president spent much of Saturday morning on Twitter, and in addition to bashing Democrats, he blasted ‘fake news,’ boasting about the number of COVID-19 tests performed in the United States and said it was an ‘honor’ to send ventilators to Colorado.
The commander-in-chief sent out the string of tweets starting at 8am – including another in which he promised to send ventilators to Ethiopia – the morning after he abruptly exited his daily coronavirus press briefing without taking any questions.
Trump kicked off his morning by tweeting out that WWE star Triple H ‘is a total winner’, before he turned to address the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Thank you to the people of Colorado for the warm and gracious notes and letters sent to me for all of the Ventilators we got for you. It was my great honor! @SenCoryGardner’ he wrote in a second post at 8.45am.
The president’s tweet storm comes after he was criticized for suggesting injecting disinfectants to treat coronavirus, later calling his comments sarcasm.
Reports claim that Trump’s presence at daily coronavirus press briefings may be cut back as the White House looks to prevent him from alienating key voters in November.
In the absence of his campaign rallies, the president has relished the opportunity to take the lead during the televised afternoon updates, which have stretched for as long as two hours as Trump boasts achievements against the outbreaks and applauds the high television rating the briefings receive.
The White House has expressed concern, however, that Trump’s presence may be causing more harm than good as his approval ratings slide back down into the 40s and recent polls show him to have fallen behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in key states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Concerns for the impact of his presence grew after the president’s dubious claims about injecting disinfectant into the body as a coronavirus cure on Thursday led to an angry walk-off from Friday’s briefing, where no questions were permitted after a day of bad press.
Even close aides were said to be shocked by the ‘off-the-cuff’ disinfectant remarks that they blame on an eagerness from the president to present positive news, according to NBC.
The off-script remarks that people with the virus could be cured by UV rays or disinfectants ‘by injection inside’ has been universally rejected by health experts and led to a PR nightmare for the White House as Trump attempted to roll-back the comments as ‘sarcasm’.
Officials believe he may have misinterpreted scientific information discussed with him before Thursday’s briefing about the use of disinfectant on surfaces.
The plan was to stress the findings of the report but ‘the president took it a couple steps further’, one official told NBC, by suggesting it as a potential cure.
The blunder has now led to discussions underway within the White House looking to curtail the president’s involvement to prevent further damage, according to four White House officials and Republicans close to the White House who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.