"Even Trump -- a man practically allergic to admitting mistakes -- knew he'd screwed up..."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

Trump’s 10-min Oval Office address reflected not only his handling of the coronavirus crisis but much of his presidency — riddled with errors, nationalist & xenophobic in tone, limited in its empathy, & boastful of both his own decisions & the supremacy of the nation he leads.

Link to tweet

“Even Trump — a man practically allergic to admitting mistakes — knew he’d screwed up... and acknowledged as much to aides in the Oval Office as soon as he’d finished speaking,” ⁦
@PhilipRucker
⁩ ⁦
@AshleyRParker
⁩ ⁦and
@jdawsey1
⁩ report.

Link to tweet

Politics

Ten minutes at the teleprompter: Inside Trump’s failed attempt to calm coronavirus fears

By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey
March 12, 2020 at 7:57 p.m. EDT

In the most scripted of presidential settings, a prime-time televised address to the nation, President Trump decided to ad-lib — and his errors triggered a market meltdown, panicked travelers overseas and crystallized for his critics just how dangerously he has fumbled his management of the coronavirus.

Even Trump — a man practically allergic to admitting mistakes — knew he’d screwed up by declaring Wednesday night that his ban on travel from Europe would include cargo and trade, and acknowledged as much to aides in the Oval Office as soon as he’d finished speaking, according to one senior administration official and a second person, both with knowledge of the episode.

Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser who has seized control over some aspects of the government’s coronavirus response, reassured Trump that aides would correct his misstatement, four administration officials said, and they scrambled to do just that. The president also told staffers to make sure other countries did not believe trade would be affected, and even sent a cleanup tweet of his own: “The restriction stops people not goods,” he wrote.

{snip}

Philip Rucker
Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 2005 and previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House, and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Rucker also is co-author of "A Very Stable Genius," a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, and is a Political Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Follow https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker

Ashley Parker
Ashley Parker is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2017, after 11 years at the New York Times, where she covered the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns and Congress, among other things. Follow https://twitter.com/ashleyrparker

Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017. He previously covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal. Follow https://twitter.com/jdawsey1

[exboyfil]

1. Not ready for prime time player

Amateur hour at the White House. This with nearly 80% of his Presidency completed.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I can remember 12 presidents. I can't remember any other than MF45 who

had to have a clean-up crew to follow after a televised speech.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. Is Jared in charge of EVERYTHING? Seriously, are he and

and Ivanka running the country through the Orange Menace???

[Ohiogal]

4. Are his base of deplorables

Still defending him?

[appalachiablue]

5. ...

[RussBLib]

6. I hope he doesn't admit his mistakes to the public

because then he might be seen as human and garner a little sympathy.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. No need to worry about that.