By Ted Johnson Donald Trump began speaking at Thursday’s coronavirus press briefing at 6:24 PM ET. Twenty two minutes later, he was finished.
A trend of truncated sessions? Better not try to predict with an unpredictable president. But Trump’s nightly press briefings, some of which have stretched to more than two hours, have started to wear on some of his allies and supportive media figures.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page deemed the press briefings a waste of time and “boring,” the latter being a favorite Trump word he often uses to dismiss media and political figures he doesn’t like.
Trump’s response was to the Journal was to lash out and call it “fake news,” while boasting about his ratings for the briefings.
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