White House Briefing With the Wuhan Coronavirus Task Force

Trump jokes with Bret Baier before leaving that it's good to see him there and that he's been taking his TV time slot for awhile now. 

"Hope to have you back."

"We'll have some interesting things to put out tonight," Trump says before leaving. 

We're done for today. 

Local news just posted, responding to the outrage by national media outlets of Jax beaches partially reopening, an expose of how their photographers played perspective games with images. Two photos below from same area/time (note the pier) https://t.co/tppm6wZJGR pic.twitter.com/GRpWyVcXNq

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) April 20, 2020

President @realDonaldTrump: We spend so much money on other countries but we need to spend money on the United States! pic.twitter.com/wtcOVa81ZF

— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 21, 2020

Dr. Birx (paraphrasing): Enough about the Jacksonville beaches. Jacksonville is different than Miami.

Colorado Gov Polis (D) loosening stay-at-home restrictions, with some reopening, in less than a week: https://t.co/EE2EEzX8ub

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 21, 2020

It is true, @realDonaldTrump has been talking about “China ripping us off” for years and years...when I used to interview “business man Trump” (long before he had eyes on WH), he would inject almost randomly “China is ripping us off”

— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) April 21, 2020

Social distancing is still absolutely key. 

CNN now trying to drive a wedge between Dr. Birx and the White House versus Georgia and Governor Kemp. They thrive on division and fear.

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 21, 2020

Birx on re-openings: criteria is carefully outlined in consultation with the CDC and epidemiologists 

Built on premise of being data-driven 

Trump bristles a little at Ron DeSantis ordering golf courses closed: "that one I'm not sure I agree with--you know, you have parks and golf courses where you have open space."

— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) April 21, 2020

Trump: I want Harvard to pay the money back, okay customer if they won't do that, then we won't do something else. They have to pay it back. I don't like it.

Harvard's endowment is $40 billion. They should repay back that money

Trump on Harvard taking stimulus money: "They have to pay it back. I don't like it."

Trump says "we think we know where the invisible enemy came from" and that he'll be talking about that a lot soon. 

.@realDonaldTrump : "The farmers will not be affected by the immigration EO. If anything, we're going to make it easier," for the workers to return to the farms.

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) April 21, 2020

"There's been nobody tougher than me on China," Trump says, adding that it's probably one of the reasons he got elected.

Trump said he likes De Blasio's idea to hold a ticker-tape parade to honor frontline workers... "when it's all over."

"We've tested more than any other country in the world," Trump tells Jon Karl after another snippy question.