Brutal Trump-de-Force at the Coronavirus Hearing Leaves Media Screaming 'Pull the Plug!'

Trump knows that millions of Americans appreciate this in-your-face message to the media. How the media will respond after this is anyone's guess.

Victoria Taft  "Donald Trump absolutely lit up his own Coronavirus Task Force press briefing with a more than six-minute, tour-de-force media takedown that had CNN and MSNBC sputtering and reaching for the plug.
"Trump said hello and turned the media briefing over to the NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci to clarify his words uttered on CNN on shutting down the country earlier to prevent more deaths.
"Then, Trump took over and it was ON. He listed the timeline of his response to the coronavirus and presented a video of incorrect statements by the press on COVID-19.

It was more than the Trumpiest of Trump updates, it was a Trump-de-Force:

President Trump gives a Timeline of his Coronavirus Response: pic.twitter.com/ocOVcg4tmH

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 13, 2020

"The video looked like a professional ad:

President Trump plays campaign-style video at press briefing defending his response to coronavirus pandemic
pic.twitter.com/HwAThsSYCG

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 13, 2020

"MSNBC and CNN, which usually begin taking the updates only after Trump has spoken, stayed with for Fauci and, when Trump began bagging on the media, bugged out early:

Hilarious! CNN can dish it out but can’t take it. They just dumped out of the WH Coronavirus Task Force briefing bc the president is exposing their rank bias.

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 13, 2020

"CNN reported that Trump was lying: . . .More...