Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Are Just Another Chance For Him To Break Your Brain
If you close your eyes and sit still for a few minutes, you can remember a time when things weren’t— the daily flood of people dying alone; the fear of those forced to venture out, the millions who have lost their jobs; the fact that many, though far from all, of us are taking this in while sheltering at home, staring at the same four walls.
The mental energy it takes to follow his train of thought, let alone suss out new or important information and flag the lies, is enormous. Since self-isolation has stripped away the romance of things, I’ll admit that sometimes, during particularly long sessions, I find myself falling asleep.
When the briefings first began, Trump had a message to deliver. After weeks of downplaying the crisis, he had to convey the seriousness to the nation, particularly to those Americans fed a diet of denialism for crucial weeks in late February and early March on Fox News. There was information to pass on — the ventilators are on their way, economic stimulus is on its way, testing is being broadened.
In her research, Kumar has noted that presidents deliver press conferences in similar fashion to how they campaign, and for Trump this means speaking to a sliver of the American public, rather than to the country at large. When he’s not attacking the media, he’s standing up there expecting them to praise him. “He sees himself as the host and the person that has to be welcoming and that presents something of an uplifting portrait to the public,” she said.
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