More Important Stuff from the "Press Conference" of April 1 (note: these are not jokes!)

RIGHT?? https://t.co/M9MjrcjmO6

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 1, 2020

Moving on:

'Did you know I'm number one on Facebook?' -- from the daily presidential briefing on the deadly pandemic he predicts will kill many many thousands of Americans (a briefing which has so far not addressed the coronavirus, I should note)

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) April 1, 2020

Meanwhile, back in reality:

nyc just reported an additional 235 covid-19 deaths this evening, bringing its one-day total to 278.

that is nyc's largest one-day total so far.

my colleagues have more data, context, ways to help and more, here: https://t.co/05sbOGfbOR

— Azi™ (@Azi) April 1, 2020

But Trump is talking about his non-existent border wall and oldies-but-goodies like "migrant caravans."  Does he know Mexico closed its border with the U.S. because of the coronavirus?

Quite a statement from someone working on messaging > https://t.co/Z6GeBS30CA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 1, 2020

It's actually more plausible that Trump wished like a little boy who wanted a pony for Christmas.

CORRECTED: One of the smartest people I know said of Trump’s press conference “He’s just trying to find things to talk about.”

So perfectly clear and so true.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 1, 2020

We end with another glimpse in to How We Got Here: NYC edition.

"'I have all this data about ICU capacity. I’m doing my own projections, and I’ve gotten a lot smarter about this. New York doesn’t need all the ventilators,' Kushner said, according to a person present." https://t.co/cHOyhPzcNH

— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) April 1, 2020