The Memo: Trump’s coronavirus briefings face criticism

President Trump’s daily press briefings on the coronavirus are facing a backlash from critics who say they are hindering rather than helping the nation’s efforts to combat the pandemic.

The daily briefings have seen Trump give misleading information, tangle with members of the media and go off on unrelated tangents.

They have been conducted by the president and a rotating group of officials who have been in close physical proximity to each other— a practice that is in defiance of the rules of social distancing that are aimed at blunting the spread of COVID-19. Continue reading.