I'd be worried

I am far from a knee-jerk critic of Trump, but this press briefing has to be one of the most embarrassing moments of his presidency. Just an utterly unhinged, childish temper tantrum.

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) April 13, 2020

(Start there. Now proceed.)

.@jmartNYT and I wrote last week that some of Trump’s allies and advisers want him to stop making himself the centerpiece at the briefings. https://t.co/gjmNf0O9LL

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020

If I didn't know better.

"I support the president's leadership under the national emergency declaration he signed," Pence says, when asked if he supports Trump's argument that he has "total" power on when states reopen. Pence (and Trump) have previously said they want the states to make decisions on own.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 13, 2020

This is all for the cheap seats.

This is an SNL skit, right? https://t.co/DiAvazs3HC

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 13, 2020

He wants to say he put his mighty sword away because everyone was so scared by it he didn't need it.

Now the president says he has a great relationship with the states and may not use the powers he earlier asserted.

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 13, 2020

Say both things, stand by the one that works 10 minutes from now.

How does federalism work? https://t.co/xH6kirX9i9

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020

Why must everyone laugh at his mighty sword?

The president’s allies know the campaign has become a referendum on his leadership right now. He wants it to be a referendum on the media. https://t.co/BFSE7QvYGm

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020

I'd say that's working for him:

President Donald J Trump calms a nation on edge pic.twitter.com/HO6Ou1XJzg

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 13, 2020

Then again, you still don't get in a fight with the people who buy ink by the gallon and control access to the airwaves, even in the era of cable TV (FoxNews is not the largest news outlet in the world).
And still he says the stupidest things possible:

Federalist Society allies, some Republican lawmakers and judicial nominees who will be asked about this at confirmation hearings are somewhere screaming into pillows > https://t.co/Yg1D802Ad8

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 13, 2020

And it got worse and worse:

.@kaitlancollins: "You said when someone is president of the United States their authority is total. That is not true. Who told you that?"

President Trump: "We're going to write up papers on this...the governors need us one way or the other..." pic.twitter.com/fg1nacXbPA

— CSPAN (@cspan) April 13, 2020

Trump to @PaulaReidCBS, who asked him about the slow federal coronavirus response: "You are so disgraceful ... you know you're a fake." pic.twitter.com/6iKl6eyPX3

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

To put that in context:

Even the White House's own timeline of their response they showed in that presentation jumps from February 6 to March 2! https://t.co/jA8raq5Ozq

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 13, 2020

Trump, meanwhile, can do no wrong:

President Trump: "Everything we did was right."@jonkarl Q: "You think everything you did was right?"

Trump: "Governors should have had ventilators, they chose not to have them. We chose to get them ventilators. They got the ventilators."

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) April 13, 2020

But he's an idiot who thinks his "absolute" power extends to the churches:

TRUMP: "We're having a religious leaders committee...you've been seeing what's going on at the churches...we're gonna to have a few committees, & then ultimately we're gonna make decisions & we're gonna make them fairly quickly & I think they're going to be the correct decisions" pic.twitter.com/5myQUN2BBx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020

Yup.

Trump: My authority is total but my responsibility is zero. What leadership. https://t.co/CA9RE5Jxn6

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) April 13, 2020

This is the question I would have asked, too:

Amid Trump’s #PressBriefing meltdown, CBS Reporter Paula Reid asked Trump:

“Tens of thousands of Americans are dead… How is this rant supposed to make people feel confident in an unprecedented crisis?”

Trump responds with more egomaniacal ramblings. pic.twitter.com/nLtOJ0pTMf

— Rantt Media (@RanttMedia) April 13, 2020