Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conference Wasn’t Exactly Reassuring

Once again, the president is making the situation as risky for himself as possible.

February 27, 2020 at 12:30 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Very well under control.
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Believe it or not, I was all ready to praise Donald Trump this time. I really thought when he announced a press conference for Wednesday evening that he would manage to stick to a reasonable script, and there were very promising rumors that he was prepared to make an excellent choice for a new coronavirus czar.