White House has no plans to change Trump's coronavirus briefings as criticism mounts
by Rob Crilly
| April 09, 2020 03:12 PM
First came some discussion of a pardon for Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix ratings winner Tiger King. And then, President Trump hinted he had secret dirt that would bring down sleepy Joe Biden.
It was only after an hour and 20 minutes of Wednesday’s coronavirus briefing, when most channels had switched away, that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took the podium to unveil new guidance on getting critical workers back to their jobs.
Such episodes have prompted a chorus of questions about whether Trump’s daily appearances in the briefing room are the best way to keep an anxious public abreast of an unfolding crisis.
Key aides say there is no plan to shake up a strategy that has seen the president’s approval rate climb, even as one noteworthy ally warned the briefings now amount to a “wasted opportunity.â€
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