34 years ago, today, Chernobyl’s number 4 reactor exploded. The Soviets worried more about protecting political myths than protecting lives. The pandemic is Trump’s Chernobyl. He still views it as a PR crisis. He cares about saving his image, not lives. https://t.co/6rDLbhBs7i

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 26, 2020

As the US approaches 1,000,000 coronavirus cases:

* more than 5x the number of any other country
* 9th most per capita of any country
* 1 in 3 cases worldwide

Trump has no plan, and refuses to bring in competent experts to help. He sits alone watching cable tv and tweeting.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) April 26, 2020

To be clear about what’s coming —

If state economies open and things don’t take a turn for the worse, Trump will take all the credit.

If things get worse, Trump will blame the governors and “not be accountable for anything.” #Leadership

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 26, 2020

.@AliVelshi: "Protesting restrictions in our cities and states doesn't get us a vaccine, it doesn't get us an antibody test, and it doesn't save any lives of the sick, or the elderly, or the immunocompromised. It is a distraction."https://t.co/cgLZfPZfGx

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2020

Republican strategy memo advises GOP campaigns to blame China for coronavirus https://t.co/NTuYcDeIeS

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2020

If you're hazy about what the WHO did wrong and why Trump is hyping it up, this interview with @JeremyKonyndyk is a very informative https://t.co/MOCFvv3T4Y

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 26, 2020

Bill Gates blasts Trump’s blame game on China as a distraction. pic.twitter.com/fjjcXRGtvq

— Chen Weihua (@chenweihua) April 26, 2020

Birx: "It bothers me" Trump comments on injecting disinfectant "still in the news cycle" https://t.co/d9PY7AfJL4 pic.twitter.com/nUIfWGyYzF

— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2020

Perspective: The origins of Donald Trump’s search for a covid-19 miracle https://t.co/phjLimhsn2

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2020

I love when White House aides earnestly lay out some new strategy and then their boss fires off 14 tweets demanding that the media return his Congressional Metal of Honor https://t.co/eaUQON4XMz

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 26, 2020

As deranged and nuts as Trump was in 2016, I think if most people from 2016 jumped forward and saw today's Trump tweets they'd be like, damn, he lost his mind.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 27, 2020

In a rambling Twitter outburst, Trump complained that he gets no credit for working long hours on the coronavirus crisis.

He called on Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters to be stripped of their “Noble” prizes for critical reporting about him.https://t.co/fIr8d1G0Ko

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 26, 2020

Based on the research I did for this, my hunch is that one of two things set off Trump’s Twitter meltdown this afternoon: 1) Soneone in his administration is about to be engulfed in scandal; or 2) He just got shown some truly crappy poll numbers. https://t.co/YVZNPFshbT

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 26, 2020

On this day in 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump pledged he would not use Twitter if elected president. https://t.co/46AjJqehjp

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) April 26, 2020

Too busy being briefed by Sean Hannity?https://t.co/rAicExbG93

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) April 26, 2020

As Trump rants about reporters who correctly laid out Russian effort – as Senate Intel & Mueller reports made clear -he ignores OTHER (Noble/Nobel/actually Pulitzer) awarded to @Fahrenthold for exposing the Trump family fraud in its "charitable" foundation. Guess he's confessing. pic.twitter.com/s0NgyG9xJQ

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 26, 2020

I am here for this civil war. All predicted and predictable. He will turn on everyone. Now he turns on Fox News and will court OANN. It's Orange Julius Caesar. Never forget Trump was enabled by the entire right wing ecosystem. He did all this damage with Republican support. https://t.co/lo4eITb80f

— Wajahat "Social Distance Yourself" Ali (@WajahatAli) April 26, 2020

Given Trump’s ridiculous/misspelled tweets about Nobel Prizes, worth recalling he himself is so annoyed about not getting a Nobel (Obama got it!) that he even obsessed over a Yezidi genocide victim’s Nobel rather than show any compassion while meeting her: https://t.co/Hhln3HbeUt

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 26, 2020

We now go live to the media covering the return of Boris Johnson. pic.twitter.com/TioUs7uuuY

— Sketchaganda (@sketchaganda) April 26, 2020

the PM is facing one of the most acutely difficult decisions in our lifetimes, it’s lucky he’s returning to such a calm, unfebrile, nonpartisan debate

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) April 26, 2020

A changed man? https://t.co/tLcmF4ErZu

— Andrew Rawnsley (@andrewrawnsley) April 26, 2020

Quit reading that @andrewrawnsley piece at "brush with death" in the headline. Until that (and the @FT's similar "near-death experience") is stood up by reporting, it should be considered hearsay and spin.

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) April 26, 2020

How democracy dies: a state broadcaster, whose income is secured by the criminal law, utterly dominant, nakedly cheerleading for the Government. https://t.co/Cf263keSAS

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) April 26, 2020

Editor's Letter: Journalists are being caught in the coronavirus culture wars https://t.co/i0IGph4xue

— The Independent (@Independent) April 27, 2020

I had to be revived after collapsing breathless with laughter. The Spaffing Priapic Lazarus clown has been in the HOC for exactly 20 days since he was elected. Did the job description say "Part-time PM needed."? https://t.co/UbvHIBqogf

— Mike Harding #lightacandlefotheEU (@HardingMike) April 26, 2020

The key areas to look at in easing the UK coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/5ybM3lG3ut

— Greg Jenner: 'DEAD FAMOUS OUT MARCH 19TH!' (@greg_jenner) April 26, 2020

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— Will Austin (@WillAustin1964) April 26, 2020

South Korean official says Kim Jong Un is 'alive and well' amid long public absence and rumors that he died or was in grave condition https://t.co/CcblMprMGC

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) April 26, 2020

.@SueMiTerry: Odds are the N Korean regime will stagger along no matter what happens w/Kim but you never know. Few predicted the collapse of E Germany. Winter could be coming sooner than anyone expected in N Korea’s game of thrones. We had better be ready.https://t.co/3L3P6wrDP8

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 26, 2020

'China would like to see North Korea more docile' – Professor Robert Kelly imagines a scenario where North Korea has to find a new leader amid speculation on Kim Jong Un's health.

Read more here: https://t.co/gwRqj3yWcW pic.twitter.com/OeY0wMaFtN

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) April 26, 2020

Nobody’s seen Kim Jong Un but nobody’s seen Dennis Rodman either so I have an entirely different theory. I’m sure that was them in Costco the other day.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) April 26, 2020

Headline winner for the weekend: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead, brain dead or just fine https://t.co/9NVNwFGe5H via @nypost

— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) April 26, 2020

"the virus acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen" https://t.co/slW8Bo50kP

— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) April 26, 2020

Turkey might make a good replacement for China as an industrial trade partner for the US. Deserves study. | Turkey to sell ventilator parts & other medical equipment to US for its Ford's ventilator project following Erdogan-Trump phone call last Sunday https://t.co/z0SnzPX9Zq

— Mike (@Doranimated) April 26, 2020

Goodness. Italy’s plan for reducing lockdown includes Serie A teams back at training by May 18 and games beginning by June 2, all being well. @acmilan

— Tony Gallagher (@tgeducation) April 26, 2020

Coronavirus Australia update latest: WA residents wake up to loosened restrictions as 1 million download tracing app – live news https://t.co/0ST11DZZ9e

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 26, 2020

1) Trump pulled out of six-nation nuclear deal with Iran (he said it was the worst deal ever – though he says that about everything)
2) Now he wants back in https://t.co/cGydUjz5Ki

— West Wing Reports (edited by Paul Brandus) (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2020

@SteveMcGookin File this one under "how you present yourself on social media and how you'll look in a police mugshot are two different things". https://t.co/7c9FjiaCqZ

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) April 26, 2020