John King is absolutely right. This is a must-watch clip:

"[Trump's] efforts to rewrite the history of what he said early on … he has the Defense Sec., the Attorney General, and the Nat'l Sec. Advisor come to the podium and thank the president and tell him how great he is." pic.twitter.com/9dg7oJ587a

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) April 1, 2020

Trump praises Mike Pence for not answering a question about people who don't have access to healthcare pic.twitter.com/Qi13DOAzy5

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 1, 2020

Also, FWIW, Trump saying he'll look at it and embarrassing Pence is also not addressing the substance of the matter — where people without healthcare are going to get help.

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) April 1, 2020

It's an old story but Trump doesn't want people to have affordable healthcare. It's that simple. It's that deplorable. It's that petty. https://t.co/ywgAPSAgQp

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) April 1, 2020

"We're soon going to have more ventilators than we need," Trump says

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 1, 2020

President Trump said @GovMikeDeWine just donated 2.2 million gowns to the strategic reserve — moments after he told a reporter that reserve has been depleted because supplies should go directly to hospitals.

— David Gura 🏡 (@davidgura) April 1, 2020

Asked why not issue a national stay-at-home order, Trump says, "States are different. States are different." He claims some states "don't have much of a problem…they don't have thousands of people that are positive…or even think they might have it…or hundreds of people."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 1, 2020

"We really believe this is a time when people should avoid gatherings of more than 10 people," Vice President Mike Pence tells @Nightline. "And, and so, we continue to urge churches around America to heed to that." https://t.co/QEarou3FQ1

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 1, 2020

ah the new Trump tone https://t.co/bdGWBXtil9

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 1, 2020

🤥Pence: I don't believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus.

Wolf recites Trump's words: He called it a hoax, said numbers will go from 15 – zero, will disappear quickly, etc.

😬Pence: The president is an optimistic person.

🤯Lies are now optimism. pic.twitter.com/DQss5PsmrC

— Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) April 1, 2020

The problem with having White House beat reporters at these corona-conferences is that they are interested in the next 'beat' of the story, how it's moved forward from yesterday till today. We need experts who can challenge the WH line & rebut falsehoods in real time.

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 1, 2020

The White House Correspondents' Association is booting OAN from the rotation for a seat in the briefing room after its correspondent violated the rules.

"This is a matter of public safety." pic.twitter.com/8PCFpjVrdc

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 1, 2020

Trump says he doesn’t know whether Chinese officials have lied about its number of coronavirus cases but notes that they’re buying lots of US farm products

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 1, 2020

Trump keeps bragging about his trade deal with China, but it's all B.S. US exports to China have declined for 3 straight years under Trump and are now lower than they were in 2012. The losses will never be recovered. #TrumpPressConference #FailureInChief https://t.co/tavpvTOjzP

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) April 1, 2020

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley says drug cartels will "try to take advantage” of coronavirus pandemic: “We’re at war with COVID-19, we’re at war with terrorists and we’re at war with the drug cartels … You will not penetrate this country.” https://t.co/07pnEZYTdy pic.twitter.com/JkQRsmk6X8

— ABC News (@ABC) April 1, 2020

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS: A DRUG ENFORCEMENT SURGE?? in Latin America?! US Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard mobility assets should be assisting the US continent governors like the disaster it is. #IncompetentInChief https://t.co/3wmNjanghr

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 1, 2020

I feel so much safer https://t.co/0akjG9rSa7

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 1, 2020

“Invisible Enemy” is not going to cut it for the Trump 2020 effort. He’ll need more tangible bogeymen from abroad —drug traffickers from Latin America maybe?

— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) April 1, 2020

Another potential crisis on the horizon- #Trump elaborates on alleged threat from #Iran and/or proxies – “It would be a very bad thing for them” if they do it he says

— Suzanne Lynch (@suzannelynch1) April 1, 2020

It’s the OAN lady again, trying to formulate a question about the president*’s imaginary Iranian sneak attack, and now Esper is mongering a little war for her.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 1, 2020

Trump claiming Iranians are "dying to make a deal" but John Kerry has talked them out of it

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 1, 2020

The fact that so many GOP big state governors-in TX, FL & GA-all tightened statewide restrictions immediately after Trump finally let his advisers frame the full risk from the WH podium underscores how much his earlier minimizing contributed to the critical delays in those states

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 1, 2020

Is there a legal basis for a state discriminating based on state residency in providing emergency services (as opposed, say, to in-state college tuition and the like)? https://t.co/grbwEnKGfB

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 1, 2020

“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.” https://t.co/e4Xob5bhHC

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 1, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Documents show backlog of 160,000 coronavirus tests at just one labhttps://t.co/ZdVG5j9Ze5

— Dan Berman (@DHBerman) April 1, 2020

Bill Gates: Here’s how to make up for lost time on covid-19https://t.co/1H1c3e7w0C

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 1, 2020

Some warned about this pandemic — and how to combat the next one. https://t.co/ZypDAM4Nak

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 1, 2020

For me, this chart is the most alarming of the latest batch.

US & UK daily death tolls are accelerating in a straight line on a log scale chart, i.e still increasing exponentially.

~All other countries had begun slowing the rate of increase in deaths by now. https://t.co/3zLPMbPgCg

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 1, 2020

NOT Winning This Fight
China & South Korea have flattened their curves. Italy, Spain, Germany & the Netherlands have begun to flatten theirs.

The USA has not.

More than half of all confirmed coronavirus cases in US have been diagnosed in past 5 days.https://t.co/4tnf8fn3IK pic.twitter.com/T2xvkDVgQz

— McSpocky™ 👽🔄🌊 #VoteBlue2020 Follow_me? (@mcspocky) April 1, 2020

US/EU coronavirus comparisons more useful than Italy, Spain, UK given scale (and that so few people consistently report per capita numbers): pic.twitter.com/gF7OpkE0jD

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 1, 2020

Most coronavirus deaths.

Italy: 13,155
Spain: 9,053
US: 4,516
France: 3,523
China: 3,312
Iran: 3,036
UK: 2,352
Netherlands: 1,173
Germany: 858
Belgium: 828
Switzerland: 461
Turkey: 277
Sweden: 239
Brazil: 206
Portugal: 187
S Korea: 165
Indonesia: 157
Austria: 146
Canada: 108

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 1, 2020

I'm very worried about Italy. It's debt situation is very troubling, and the shutdown of its economy is a major blow. Italy's problems could quickly become the EU's problems. And the EU's problems could become the world's. #AskReuters https://t.co/bsvsVLEQhR

— Michael R. Strain (@MichaelRStrain) April 1, 2020

Tomorrow's front page. A million new unemployed people in the UK and our scoop on HSBC threatening to quit its London listing pic.twitter.com/KoPvnkakAX

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) April 1, 2020

when the side you picked in the culture war badly mishandles a pandemic. https://t.co/jiikXuFosv

— Sarah Creighton 🍂 (@Saraita101) April 1, 2020

ANALYSIS: PM’s rhetoric on testing doesn’t match the reality. He said we could “turn the tide" on virus in 12 wks if we followed rules to slow the spread. That was our bit of the bargain. His was to materially scale up testing. So far he’s fallen short https://t.co/AbUkdZVp67

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) April 1, 2020

Am I alone in thinking this government statement borders on gibberish? https://t.co/biBxMF9FiZ

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) April 1, 2020

Brexit is a self-indulgence from another age. It should be shelved for an indefinite period until we have dealt with the long-term economic and social fall out of COVID-19. There can be no justification for imposing a second, voluntary shock on the country in early 2021. https://t.co/W8rpP00ogO

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) March 30, 2020

Very pleased (“stoked”) to get both “toey” and “nosey parkers” into this item today #kiwilinguistics @newsroom: https://t.co/GkEH9f4UHd

— PeterBale (@PeterBale) April 1, 2020

So talented and kind. Heartbreaking news. https://t.co/YnuWv0LHqQ

— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) April 1, 2020