ICYMI: @realDonaldTrump announced that #SocialDistancing guidelines will be extended until April 30, going back on previous plans to lift #coronavirus guidelines by Easter

He says the #COVID19 death rate peak is likely to hit the U.S. in two weekshttps://t.co/oFVnETjXAY pic.twitter.com/ZHt1iTR8Mm

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 29, 2020

In extending the stay-at-home guidelines until April 30, Pres Trump says it would be wrong to declare victory against Coronavirus, "until the war is won." pic.twitter.com/daPoD4YnXX

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 29, 2020

Trump on his initial calls to re-open by Easter: "That was just an aspiration."

— Ben White (@EconomyBen) March 29, 2020

Trump has moved his date from Easter to April 30. We did it folks. https://t.co/o4sHb4RdM9

— J-L Cauvin (@JLCauvin) March 29, 2020

Dr. Fauci says Sunday that infection and death tolls in the US are "such a moving target," but he anticipates the coronavirus could kill between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans while infecting "millions." https://t.co/QzCfATgDHc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 29, 2020

Trump says today is the first time he heard about the model that predicted 2.2 million deaths if no action was taken. Everyone has been freaking out about that for weeks.

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) March 29, 2020

The president is trying to set expectations high enough so that, if need be, he can spin American deaths in the six figures as a success. https://t.co/6DSroFBn1R

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) March 29, 2020

Trump seems to be questioning how hospitals’ demand for masks has skyrocketed so much recently. “Are they going out the back door? … Somebody should probably look into that. I just don’t see from a practical standpoint how it’s possible to go from that to that."

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 29, 2020

What on earth is the strategy or thought or idea behind accusing medical professionals and others of overstating the need for ventilators and masks? What does this accomplish, for anybody, anywhere? What's even the crass political calculus behind this? At a loss.

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) March 29, 2020

We just witnessed a full Presidential meltdown because a reporter read his own words back to him.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) March 29, 2020

“Why don’t you act a little more positive” says #Trump as he’s denying what he said previously on TV. Gaslighting America.

Shocked that journalists don’t all get up and walk out instead of giving him unfettered coverage.#COVID19 #StayAtHomeAndStaySafepic.twitter.com/4mq7HX8BRf

— Dr Nicola Ní Mhistéil (@serentrippety) March 29, 2020

“Why did you publicly threaten a quarantine“
“I never did that, I said we were going to look at it, and we looked at it and didn’t do it, who are you with, Bloomberg?”
And he just referred to Florida is having less of a problem than New York. That’s true. At this moment.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 29, 2020

Trump asked about Florida getting all of its requested supplies: "Florida has been taken care of, and Michigan has been taken care of.” Pressed on why Florida has succeeded more than some other states, he says, "They're very aggressive in trying to get things."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2020

Trump is facing a generational crisis, a modern plague that is going to change society and leave an unbelievably tragic mark on all of us. And he’s up there bragging about his ratings, comparing them to The Bachelor and Monday Night Football.

This is sick. Our country is sick.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 29, 2020

Trump revealing once again the driving preoccupation with his ego that makes him so wobbly, not steadfast, in this crisishttps://t.co/Zs0lT5Ny2G https://t.co/ibvjvwPDtl

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 29, 2020

Exam question.

America is losing a life every three minutes to an epidemic Trump did nothing to stop. That will increase to 90 seconds by midweek. He’s delighted with his TV ratings but unhappy about Meghan and Harry’s security bill.

Will democracy hold him to account?

— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) March 29, 2020

Imagine being able to summon any expert on planet Earth onto a call at any moment, and you're in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic killing thousands of Americans, and you call … A-Rod and Wolfgang Puck.

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) March 29, 2020

TRUMP calls @GovInslee “a nasty person,” & says he doesn’t personally call him (Instead he has @Mike_Pence call)

ALSO TRUMP: “We’re all in this together, all of us. I have never seen anything like it — the unity, the esprit de corps, the spirit…it’s a beautiful thing to watch”

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 29, 2020

Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, reopened the school's campus last week. By Friday, nearly a dozen Liberty students were sick with symptoms that suggest Covid-19. https://t.co/dmgBQ27pdZ

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 29, 2020

Florida Megachurch Packed with Worshipers During Coronavirus Pandemic #SmartNews https://t.co/kN68zcs1aT

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 29, 2020

The disconnect between Trumpian reality and actual reality has never been on starker display than in the past few days, as the true face of the horror we are facing in the United States has shown itself, @sbg1 writes. https://t.co/lrNbi1iXBH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 29, 2020

He just denied his direct quotes. There is nothing we can do.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 29, 2020

When you shift to an "emergency" footing — as I recommend in this post — it does NOT mean you ignore him, or what he says. Rather, you only report what you can verify. Which means you do not broadcast live. You also don't offer yourself as a hate object. https://t.co/VHrS6OJI9s https://t.co/r5nbz4LkrF

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) March 29, 2020

Fox is right to be concerned. Very concerned. This could be a legal bloodbath. Discovery will undoubtedly show that its personnel were putting out falsely comforting information it knew to be false and misleading in order to sync up with WH messaging. https://t.co/Om9XpwQfLP

— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) March 29, 2020

Deputy CMO Dr Jenny Harries says it could be six months or longer before the UK returns to normal from the #coronavirus pandemic, with reviews of lockdown measures to take place every three weeks.#COVID19 latest: https://t.co/ec7oWr9nUD pic.twitter.com/Bper7lVcMv

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 29, 2020

As with all his press conferences, the PM has saved his most interesting comment for the last moment.
"One thing I think the coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society." https://t.co/3UYmB2DN7x

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) March 29, 2020

Immigrants, coming here and saving our lives and dying as a consequence, having children who become medics and then risk doing the same. The endlessly negative narrative on immigration needs to change. https://t.co/9w9K7cue4A

— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) March 29, 2020

Aer Lingus plane carrying shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) equipment from China lands back at Dublin Airporthttps://t.co/GslZTmQ5mv

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 29, 2020

Thank you! This inspired us to do the math and donate the same percentage of our wealth. My husband @Nick_Ashdown and I are donating 4 USD. https://t.co/O6eiHBEr50

— Özgecan Kara 🏳️‍🌈 (@ozgevon) March 28, 2020

An update on John pic.twitter.com/fPQbv0tLyB

— John Prine (@JohnPrineMusic) March 29, 2020