Fox's Brit Hume Rips Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings

Fox News political analyst Brit Hume offered up a series of brutal suggestions for Donald Trump about his coronavirus press briefings.

Hume was responding to a whining, petty and especially tasteless tweet from Trump that boasted about the ratings of his coronavirus press briefings. Sadly, Hume didn’t mention the narcissistic tastelessness, nor Trump’s stream of lies nor his bungling of the response.

I haven’t forgotten how Hume defended Trump’s attack on NBC News reporter Peter Alexander during a briefing just a few weeks ago. Nor his defense of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s suggestion as “entirely reasonable” that older people should be willing to risk their lives catching the coronavirus for the sake of (Trump’s) economy.

But what Hume did deliver yesterday was pretty darned epic:

This is a ridiculous tweet. He could get his views across without bragging, endlessly repeating himself, and getting into petty squabbles with the junior varsity players in the WH press corps. And he could stop talking much sooner to give Pence, Fauci, Birx and Giroir more time. https://t.co/ui7sN3WgGx
— Brit Hume (@brithume) April 9, 2020

(H/T reader Eyes On Fox)

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commented 2020-04-14 13:53:19 -0400 · Flag

Trump is on the edge of losing it. I am afraid he will do something he can’t undo and will endanger the USA, its armed forces and its commitments overseas. He is out of control and has a problem facing reality and understanding the risk he is putting the nation in. I hope those who voted for him finally realize how unstable Trump is and will put politics aside just long enough to retire him to one of his golf courses where his lies and cheating won’t do any harm.

commented 2020-04-14 13:42:24 -0400 · Flag

We watch The President’s briefings to hear him make a fool out of himself arguing with the press and telling more lies. Doesn’t he realize that we are laughing at him? I worry that Biden will be buried in lies and fast talk during the presidential debates unless the moderators are strict and don’t let it get out of hand.

commented 2020-04-12 09:49:08 -0400 · Flag

Yesterday Trump went on an anti-Fox News Twitter tirade. I don’t know if it’s related to Brit’s criticisms or not. Maybe they put Trump over the tipping point edge (though I think it’s something else specific to an episode the snowflake melted over on the weekend).

“Watching Fox News on weekend afternoons is a total waste of time. We now have some great alternatives, like OANN,” – Der Furor

commented 2020-04-11 22:00:51 -0400 · Flag

And here we have Brit Hume playing the role of “elder statesman” as though he had any currency toward having that position. (And we can imagine Bill O’Reilly desperately fuming on the sidelines, as this was a role he wanted for himself.)

commented 2020-04-11 10:41:45 -0400 · Flag

Nice Brit tweeted that. I’m sure he’s spent many sleepless nights fretting over it. But as I replied to him on Twitter, you didn’t go far enough.

What about the narcisstic fantasy Trump is creating built on a mountain of lies and misinformation? Tell him to stop.

What about asking Trump to focus not on himself and his TV ratings but show empathy for Americans?

What about asking Trump to spend more time working to help nurses and doctors without PPE, distributing and procuring ventilators, working with Congress to help Americans through this time of crisis? Less time hogging the microphone.