White House Briefing With the Wuhan Coronavirus Task Force

Birx says the task force is now trying to maximize low, medium and high throughput machines throughout the nation.

LA Gov. John Bel Edwards said his state tested the most people per capita of any state in the U.S.

This has been a real crash course for Fauci as to what the media is really capable of. 

Dr Fauci is totally right, many conversations between the experts and the president should remain confidential. 

VP @Mike_Pence:2.5 million tests performed so far.Yet 20% of the Roche high speed capacity isn't being used & 75% Abbott Labs N2000 capability isn't being used by our governors.If Govs & state labs would activate machines existing machines, testing would DOUBLE overnight. pic.twitter.com/QMJNnvLjdq

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 14, 2020

#CoronavirusUSA pic.twitter.com/gtQ1ulEWAd

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 13, 2020

Fauci: I'm not an economist and there is other input the President will listen to in order to make a decision about moving forward 

Exactly. Yet, watching Never-Trump conservatives’ heads explode on twitter was worth losing the last two hours of my life lol

— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) April 13, 2020

Alright, now we can start the briefing!

CNN's Brian Stelter called the video Trump showed, where it highlighted how the media downplayed the coronavirus and the steps he took early on in the pandemic, as "anti-media propaganda" that is "nothing short of disgraceful." pic.twitter.com/ze0IMbWfBq

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 13, 2020

Trump said he's introducing a faith leaders committee.

Jim, are you sure it's the president who's having a meltdown?

CNN's Jim Acosta: I have to tell you that is the biggest meltdown I have ever seen from a president of the United States in my career. I don’t think a reasonable person could watch what we just saw over the last hour and conclude that the president is in control. pic.twitter.com/VjmauciFgK

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 13, 2020

Perhaps Trump's repeated assertion that the Federal government and himself have absolute power refers to his ability to enact Martial Law in the face of disaster? Either that or he's just trolling the media. 

Trump says that Jared and Ivanka will not be serving on Economic Task Force.

— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) April 13, 2020

Trump says he's happy to give Biden a briefing but "doesn't know what he'd do with it."

Trump: "The federal government has absolute power."

— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) April 13, 2020

CNN's Jim Acosta: I have to tell you that is the biggest meltdown I have ever seen from a president of the United States in my career. I don’t think a reasonable person could watch what we just saw over the last hour and conclude that the president is in control. pic.twitter.com/VjmauciFgK

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 13, 2020