President Trump's Tuesday coronavirus briefing put on display many of the personal and political habits that have defined his tumultuous presidency | Analysis by stcollinson
Trump set out Tuesday to cement his image of a wartime leader facing down an"invisible enemy" at a dark moment as the country waits for the virus to peak and with the economy languishing in suspended animation."What we have is a plague, and we're seeing light at the end of the tunnel," the President said, on a day when a record number of Americans succumbed to the wicked respiratory disease.
Trump had already warned he will ignore a provision in the bill requiring the special inspector general to report to Congress on the handling of the funds. His dismissal of Fine was the latest swipe against the structures of government meant to hold him accountable -- that peaked with his defiance of the impeachment inquiry.
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