Outdoor briefing earlier in the week, when the weather was good

“America First” Apparently Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Americans First

A lot of Trump’s actions seem increasingly aimed at keeping the private sector happy, not the average Americans he claims to represent

And he seems to have developed a view that states are meant to conduct diplomacy among themselves, with the federal government’s proper role being to stay out of it. He’ll “help out wherever we can”, the President said, but:

“The complainers [among U.S. governors] should have been stocked up and ready long before this crisis hit.”

And:

“We’re not a shipping clerk”.

Later in the week, he added:

“Don’t forget: we’re a secondary source.”

Though earlier in the week he assured the American people state governors were not and would not be put in a position where they are bidding against each other for much needed medical equipment:

“They shouldn’t be doing that. If that happens, they should be calling us.”

Or as son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner put it this week, even more confoundingly:

“The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed…