I don't mind being criticized, but not when they're wrong.

During a combative briefing on the Corona virus, the president defended his response to the pandemic and played a campaign style video during the news conference.

The press has not treated these incredible people who have done such a great job.

They haven't treated unfairly.

President Trump says the video was produced by White House staff, which immediately got the attention of the former head of the Office of Government Ethics, who tweeted.

So our tax dollars and the presidential mansion we own are now being used to broadcast campaign ads.

Dr.

Anthony Fauci then clarified an answer he gave during a Sunday interview when he said more lives could have been saved if the U.

S.

Had made earlier efforts to contain the virus.

The nature of the hypothetical question was, if in fact, we had mitigated earlier, could lives have been saved?

And the answer to my question was, as I always do and I'm doing right now, perfectly honestly say yes.

I mean, obviously the first and only time that Dr Burke's and I went in and formally made a recommendation to the president.

The president listened to the recommendation bounty, making that clarification Monday after President Trump retweeted a post Sunday night that called for Foulke to be fired.

This is the world we live in.

You're going to see things like that all the time.

I think that was as a result of answer to a question that I was given by a reporter, which was a valid question.

It was a hypothetical question.

Somebody didn't like the way I answered it, so they hash tag that fire, found she.

That's that's it.

That's the world we live and I accepted.

It doesn't bother me, Doctor found.

She went on to say a lack of information early in the crisis prevented him from knowing how the virus spreads.

President Trump also highlighted his decision to restrict travel from China and late January, but he was then pressed on what the administration did him February to prepare a month during which the president is accused of downplaying the threat.

What do you do when you have no case in the whole United States when you excuse me?

You reported it zero cases, zero deaths on January 17 Janu.

I said in Jenny January 30 doing your time, your travel ban a lot, a lot.

And in fact, we'll give you a list what we did.

In fact, part of it was up there.

We did a lot.

Look, you know, you're a fake, you know that your whole network, the way you cover is.

As for reopening the economy, the president declared he has total authority when it comes to how and went to ease up on social distancing.

When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's gotta be.

But according to constitutional experts, Trump is wrong.

The president can't issue guidelines, but the authority to close businesses during the public health crisis is reserved to the states, not the federal government.

You said when someone is president of the United States, their authority is total.

That is not true.

Okay, you know what?

We're going to write up papers on this.

It's not gonna be necessary because the governor's need us one way or the other.

Has any governor agreed that you have the authority to decide when their state I haven't?

Because you know why because I don't have to go ahead.

The president has the total authority enough.

The governor of New York is teaming up with six other states to develop a plan to reopen the East Coast, similar to a plan on the West Coast.

He disagrees with Trump's assessment.

We don't have a key.

We haven't elected president.

Michigan critics are planning a rally tomorrow to protest the governor's stay at home order.

Meanwhile, in Europe, some countries are now trying to ease their lockdowns.

But France and the UK keeping there's in place.

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