Chuck Todd: ‘Panicked’ Trump a ‘One Step Backward Instigator’ on Corona

Scott Whitlock | March 23, 2020
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd continued his Corona crisis feud with Donald Trump on Sunday, deriding the President as “panicked” and a “one step backward instigator” when it comes to the virus. Appearing on the Today show, the NBC journalist opined, “I think he just wants to be seen as the one leading the response. I think that's why he's gravitated to these. But at the end of the day, the federal response feels like it's two steps forward and then the President participates and he's a singular one step backward instigator.” Todd dismissed the fact that the President is even having briefings as nothing more than a bid to get publicity: “He wants to be the singular point person on everything if that is where the light is shining brightest, and right now those coronavirus virus daily briefings is where the light is shining brightest.” (Reminder: In the past, journalists were upset at Trump for NOT having a daily briefing.)

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