Trump Claims 'Total' Authority, Plays Campaign-Like Video Touting COVID-19 Response At Briefing
The White House played a campaign ad-like video in Monday's Coronavirus Task Force Briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, criticizing the media, touting the administration's coronavirus response, and playing clips of governors praising the Trump administration. In the same briefing minutes later, the president claimed his authority as president of the United States is "total," and governors should know that.
