Coronavirus: Donald Trump press briefings on the pandemic questioned?

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Will he throw in the towel? Daily press briefings on the coronavirus epidemic are not worth spending time on, says Donald Trump on his favorite social network. A tweet that comes two days after the outcry over the President that seemed to be considering treating the disease with a disinfectant.

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The American president is known for his stormy relations with the media. "  What is the point of having press conferences at the White House when the oriented media only ask hostile questions and then refuse to report the truth or the facts accurately  ", wrote in a tweet the tenant of the House White.

What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!

"  They have record audiences, and the American people have nothing but Fake News. It is not worth the time and effort !  He wrote again.

Comments that seem to confirm information from American media that, stung by questions about his management of the health crisis, Donald Trump was planning to stop his press conferences, broadcast on cable TV channels, and that can sometimes last more than two hours.

Counterproductive performances according to several media. Some channels have interrupted broadcasts and in an editorial, the Wall Street Journal , although deemed not hostile to the president, suggested that Donald Trump limit his public appearances. According to the New York Times , the entourage of the president in the White House and some of his closest Republican allies also judge his daily performances counterproductive, pointed out our correspondent Anne Corpet.

The thunderclap of the "disinfectant"

Deprived of an election campaign by the pandemic, Donald Trump took advantage of this daily forum to boast of his record, tackle his political enemies and sometimes contradict the analyzes of experts on the coronavirus. Thus, during his press briefing last Thursday, the American president had ventured to suggest using a disinfectant to eliminate the virus. “  I see that the disinfectant knocks it out (the coronavirus) in a minute. One minute, he had launched . And is there a way to do something like that with an injection inside or almost like a cleaning ?  "

Words that raised dismay and mockery. "  I find it hard to believe that I have to say it, but please don't drink bleach,  " Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent, tweeted during the November 3 presidential election.

Donald Trump finally assured Friday to have expressed himself in a "  sarcastic  " way, before ending, in the evening, his press conference after only about twenty minutes, without taking questions ... And on Saturday, he n there was no update on the Covid-19 when the president had held 50 in two months, said AFP.

The health of the American people is not a joke, Mr. President. https://t.co/4jjYlULrxA

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