Journos, we regret to inform you that President Trump appears to have learned that it’s in his best interest to answer your dopey questions day after day after day:
WOW. Trump and Pence take no questions and leave the briefing.
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) April 24, 2020
Hopefully this trend continues:
The briefing is over. Trump, Hahn and Pence spoke, the end.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2020
Trump has walked out without taking questions.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2020
Of course, now they want him to answer questions:
The president declines to take any questions at this briefing. Remember the president tweeted he was having a press conference which by definition means taking questions.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 24, 2020
Guys, just enjoy the weekend:
unclear if trump didn't take questions because he didn't want to explain the bleach injection comments, because he was upset cnn didn't move from their assigned seat in a strange last minute demand, or both. anyways, happy weekend everyone
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) April 24, 2020
Today clocked in at 21 minutes. Perfect:
Wow.
WH briefing is over. That was much shorter than usual. Today's lasted 21 minutes.
President Trump took no questions from reporters after officials spoke and after he's been under pressure all day after his comments about injecting disinfectants and lights to cure COVID-19.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 24, 2020
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Honestly, every president benefits when there’s a buffer answering questions:
Honestly makes sense. There was no actual way to answer the questions to come https://t.co/5XX1rowIgw
— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 24, 2020
And according to Axios, President Trump “may stop appearing daily and make shorter appearances when he does”:
President Trump plans to pare back his coronavirus press conferences, according to four sources familiar with the internal deliberations. As soon as next week, he may stop appearing daily and make shorter appearances when he does, the sources said. https://t.co/Gul0K04dU8
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) April 24, 2020
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