.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump falsely claims 'nobody ever thought about' virus a month ago
It took eight weeks for Donald Trump to shift his tone on the coronavirus outbreak, but the president who appeared in the White House press briefing room yesterday was clearly reading from a qualitatively different script.
It's difficult to say what prompted the shift in tone. Maybe Trump received a sobering briefing that shook him on a personal level. Perhaps he realized happy talk and irrational optimism wasn't helping with the crisis, and in order for the federal response to be more effective, the president would have to acknowledge some painful truths.
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