Jim Acosta: Trump Has Shifted His Tone on the Coronavirus
President Donald Trump may be taking a different approach to the coronavirus, and CNN’s Jim Acosta is recognizing it. “In the seven years I have covered the White House that is the most stunning briefing that I’ve ever…
President Donald Trump may be taking a different approach to the coronavirus, and CNN’s Jim Acosta is recognizing it.
“In the seven years I have covered the White House that is the most stunning briefing that I’ve ever sat through,” Acosta said after Tuesday’s press conference, adding, “It was just downright chilling.”
Acosta went on to explain the shift he has seen in Trump’s tone surrounding the coronavirus.
“This was President Trump changing his tune on the coronavirus. At one point he said it’s not the flu, it’s vicious,” Acosta said. “That’s after he has compared it to the coronavirus in the past.”
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Acosta continued on to discuss Trump’s claim that the nation will be entering a rough two-week period and how that is different from how he has described the coronavirus in the past.
He commented on the difficult decisions the Trump administration is going to have to make regarding the distribution of ventilators.
Acosta pressed Trump on his late start to addressing the Coronavirus Outbreak. He pointed out how Trump responded by saying he wanted to remain optimistic.