NYT's Thursday A1: "CITING PANDEMIC, TRUMP WILL RESTRICT TRAVEL" pic.twitter.com/O4HiUrdt8E

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 12, 2020

Trump announces US will temporarily halt travel from Europe to the US in coronavirus speech – live https://t.co/1GUmcoqKlG

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2020

“Trump turned in a laboring performance — one intended to project calm competence that instead seemed to reveal uncertainty. Seated behind the Resolute Desk, the president struggled at moments to read the words on the teleprompter.“ https://t.co/pYgj05H4cW

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 12, 2020

Things the President could have talked about:
1) DoD Building field hospitals
2) Surging health care capacity by calling up medical professionals from National Guard
3) Restoring full funding to CDC
4) Surging testing to states

Trump did none of this. NONE.

— Kelly Magsamen (@kellymagsamen) March 12, 2020

Nothing on testing? Expanding emergency care facilities? Stockpiling medicines? Shutting down mass meetings? Internal travel bans? Guess that will all have to wait for the cases to explode. Sad.

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) March 12, 2020

Joe Biden tomorrow will be giving an address on the coronavirus at 1 p.m. in Wilmington, Del. Expect it, in many ways, to be different from the address just given from the Oval Office.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 12, 2020

Great news! Legal status cures coronavirus!!!!!! https://t.co/y9dNI0zoSB

— Sara Wallace Goodman (@ThatSaraGoodman) March 12, 2020

Ok, so 1. What Trump ACTUALLY said in his televised address wasn’t true, and 2. The travel ban isn’t to reduce movement of people who might be carriers; just NON-AMERICANS who might be. https://t.co/4hI997YWdL

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) March 12, 2020

I am putting aside partisanship for the moment, and stepping back from my own TDS as much as I can.

That was a goddamn terrifying address to the nation. Instead of projecting an aura of calm and control, he looks like someone whacked him up on Thorazine and said "read this"

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 12, 2020

My shit is not lost. I know where it is. But tonight was the first time – no, really, even more than in Trump's other addle-brained moments – that I could smell panic coming from the WH. There's no one in control and no plan. The national govt seems too close to imploding. https://t.co/hz82lBVAsu

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 12, 2020

What we are seeing right now is the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of what will be a protracted crisis.

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) March 12, 2020

the number of confirmed US coronavirus cases has doubled in the last 3 days

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 12, 2020

Trump, who is maintaining a national emergency to build a wall on the border, is loathe to announce a national emergency to address coronavirus. https://t.co/iYhZj5xgoF

— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 12, 2020

At meeting with finance executives at the White House today, according to person familiar w it, the execs played to the president's ego – told him the fundamentals of the economy are strong and that he made it that way – but that the psychology of the public needs to change.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 11, 2020

Reuters: WH has ordered health offls to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, hampering govt response https://t.co/fXyk36c8ZV

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 11, 2020

No doubt in my mind that the CORRUPT and POLITICALLY MOTIVATED WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S declaring COVID19 a pandemic has to do with the US and Trump’s pulling out of the Paris Climate change accord.https://t.co/3EcBXMuSGi

— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) March 11, 2020

Trump is seething over having to work with Pelosi on a coronavirus response, according to The Daily Beast. Among other things, the president fears that the House Speaker would use a private meeting to try and embarrass him.https://t.co/DAHGDUK0gy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 12, 2020

No, the coronavirus isn't a flu. No, the virus isn't contained. No, not everybody who wants a test can get one. No, Obama didn't impede coronavirus testing and do nothing about swine flu. No, the number of cases wasn't going down to zero from 15. https://t.co/BsVJ2XRNW7

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020

WHAT? Today, the Trump administration stood by a proposed cut of $9.5 billion to HHS, including a 15 percent cut of $1.2 billion to the CDC and a $35 million decrease to the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund. Are you kidding? https://t.co/vb0uRHEqTQ

— Michael Carpenter (@mikercarpenter) March 11, 2020

Stocks plunged on Wall Street, with the Dow falling into bear market territory for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, bringing to an end an extraordinary, 11-year bull market https://t.co/LNrOUMJJJP pic.twitter.com/Pl1DnZ1LDe

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2020

"Bernie Sanders's claim––that the movement he leads, and only that movement, could propel real change––was all but refuted Tuesday," writes @conor64. https://t.co/L4V0uBUtl2

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 12, 2020

Florida—where polls show Sanders down by as much as 50 points—votes on Tuesday.

"Sanders has his strengths, but they’re nowhere near as formidable as Biden’s strengths—and half the states have already voted," writes @timothypmurphy. https://t.co/PSz0vrBkdU

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 12, 2020

Dear @SenSanders – If you saw the President's address tonight, then you know we're in a national emergency. You have no path to the nomination. If you're still set on debates and arguing over policy you're wrong to do this. The only job now is to end this crisis of government.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 12, 2020

WHO declares a pandemic of coronavirus disease covid-19 /After weeks of reluctance, group made declaration because of spread and ‘alarming levels of inaction’ -/https://t.co/eNrLiAV2k6

— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) March 12, 2020

Tom Hanks coronavirus: Actor and wife Rita Wilson test positive https://t.co/OCfmmuROMl

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 12, 2020

Breaking News: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, a stunning downfall for a Hollywood mogul whose abuse of women ignited #MeToo https://t.co/HXi0EyQiMi

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 11, 2020

I keep staring at this picture in disbelief. https://t.co/LFsiu1FvT3

— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) March 11, 2020

It should come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Treasury figures from today’s Budget confirm there was no £350m a week Brexit dividend

Brexit has in fact cost every person in the UK £1,200 so far, spending watchdog says – as economy flat-lines https://t.co/qTyoMP4l3F

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 11, 2020

It’s perfect really. It feels like Trump did this as act of friendship toward Brexit Britain. It’s just so beautifully apt. The toxic embrace that will surely destroy us

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 12, 2020