Reading a statement calling for places of worship to be open immediately

Trump Extends Efforts To Send Americans Careening Into The Abyss

Efforts that cost him nothing for now, but could cost everyday Americans everything

• He held a one-topic media briefing threatening governors if they didn’t open churches this past weekend, even though he never planned to go himself, as evidenced by the fact that he didn’t go. (When Trump was subsequently criticized for playing golf instead, a display of Twitter gymnastics followed, requiring three tortured Tweets to figure out a way to blame Obama/Biden.)

• He then Tweeted he might move the Republican National Convention if North Carolina’s “Democrat Governor” can’t guarantee right now it’ll be allowed to go full-capacity, full-blast. According to Trump, Republicans require they be:

“Immediately given an answer by the Governor as to whether or not the space will be allowed to be fully occupied.”

No skin off his back. He wouldn’t be packed among the crowd of screaming delegates in an indoor arena come August. He’d be there for a very protected couple of hours at best. The event’s organizers earlier this month announced they’d hired an MD and experienced public health official (mostly in the field of automobile accidents and highway safety) as a consultant.