The daily coronavirus briefings have given President Trump something he hasn’t had since “The Apprentice”: a regular TV show in which he plays an executive in control.
The coronavirus briefings have given Donald Trump a regularly scheduled reality show again — or, rather, a create-your-own-reality show.
“I’ve gotten to like this room,” President Trump said March 23 in the White House briefing room.
If the walls had ears, they’d have been surprised to hear it. Until recently, the Trump administration had all but done away with formal press briefings, and the president preferred to talk to reporters amid the helpful din of a helicopter or in a Fox News studio.
But the briefing room has one amenity that Donald Trump, suddenly without rallies and travel appearances amid a pandemic, cannot resist: a camera…
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