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Trump says he advises coronavirus task force not to contact unappreciative governors

Axios logo“If they don’t treat you right, I don’t call,” President Trump told reporters at the White House coronavirus task force briefing on Friday, referring to U.S. governors battling the spread of COVID-19.

What he’s saying: Trump said that while “generally speaking,” the nation’s governors have been appreciative of his administration’s efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19, there are some — including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — who the task force should not bother contacting.

  • “All I want them to do, very simple, I want them to be appreciative. I don’t want them to say things that aren’t true, I want them to be appreciative. We’ve done a great job,” Trump said on Friday.
  • When discussing Vice President Mike Pence’s efforts on the task force, Trump said: “He calls all the governors, I tell him, I mean I’m a different type of person, I say Mike, don’t call the governor of Washington, you’re wasting your time with him. Don’t call the woman in Michigan … if they don’t treat you right, I don’t call. He’s a different type of person.”
  • The White House declined to comment. Continue reading.

Donald Trump Tweets On Hurricane Harvey After Blowback Over Morning Self-Promotion

The following article by Lisa de Moraes was posted on the Deadline.com website August 25, 2017:

This satellite image provided by NASA on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 shows Hurricane Harvey off the Gulf of Mexico. Harvey intensified as it steered toward the Texas coast on Friday, with forecasters saying it had strengthened to a Category 2 storm with the potential to swamp communities more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) inland. (NASA via AP)

President Donald Trump finally weighed in on Twitter about Hurricane Harvey, about four hours after getting torched when his regular Friday morning tweet storm was noticeably lacking any reference to the hurricane. Instead he focused on praising himself and punching at perceived foes, including the media and GOP Sen. Bob Corker.

Trump slapped himself on the back, noting that “Few, if any, Administrations have done more in just 7 months than the Trump A. Bills passed, regulations killed, border, military, ISIS, SC!” Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center was warning that Harvey was “dangerously approaching the Texas Coast” and was expected to bring “life-threatening” storm-surge flooding by end of the day, leaving swaths of South Texas “uninhabitable for weeks or months.” The weather service used its strongest language since 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, which left more than 1,800 dead. Continue reading “Donald Trump Tweets On Hurricane Harvey After Blowback Over Morning Self-Promotion”