Pres. Trump tells @ABC News' @DavidMuir "it's possible there will be some" deaths as states ease coronavirus restrictions, acknowledging it was the choice the U.S. faces to reopen the economy. https://t.co/BIjHgtg1Tg pic.twitter.com/PplSfsdglO

— ABC News (@ABC) May 5, 2020

When pressed why he is urging a reopening even as government health experts warn that doing so too soon would be balancing death with the economy, President Trump compared a rising coronavirus death toll to the nation’s suicide and drug overdose rate. https://t.co/uLjOHfhmDR

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 6, 2020

This is what it looks like when a calm, focused journalist just asks direct questions with follow-ups. Trump goes into his sing-song whining little boy act, and pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and lies about how the president of South Korea needed his advice on testing. https://t.co/fKblJGvq4K

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2020

Over 70,000 people are dead, the numbers of dead are rising, and all Trump can think about is himself. His incompetence, and arrogance, has killed thousands of Americans, and will kill thousands more. If Trump wants to see the enemy of the people, he should look in a mirror. https://t.co/2p08E28Vb8

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) May 5, 2020

CenturyLink Field, where the Seahawks play, holds a little more than 70,000 people. That's about how many confirmed COVID-19 deaths we've had here in America, and the real number is probably higher. Imagine if you went to a Seahawks game with every seat filled and everybody died. pic.twitter.com/cODl4KfSaa

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 5, 2020

holy christ so the plan is to just ignore the problem and hope it goes away now? https://t.co/6kvDxHuXal

— Extremely Socially Distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) May 5, 2020

Trump said Fauci was blocked from testifying to the U.S. House because it’s controlled by "a bunch of Trump haters" pic.twitter.com/PWnBhu7DzA

— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) May 5, 2020

More rage tweeting from the #DividerInChief as the death toll is now over 70,000.

Vote @realDonaldTrump out in November! https://t.co/9Kl3itOGzn pic.twitter.com/FweZTUe1Xz

— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) May 5, 2020

I can think of no better metaphor for this presidency than Donald Trump not wearing a face mask to a face mask factory while the song “Live and Let Die” blares in the background. pic.twitter.com/mJzU1HW7HA

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 5, 2020

And so the president doesn’t wear a mask https://t.co/MyhG8WQ3xg

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 5, 2020

This ad has unnerved and rattled the unsteady hand of @realDonaldTrump. He was played by the Chinese over Covid-19. He failed to protect the country and now 70000 are dead and the American economy is shattered. He has failed the test of history. His legacy will be failure. https://t.co/8aPQVWnmAQ

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Whistleblower says he was ousted after raising concerns political appointees wanted to 'flood' NY with Trump-pushed drug

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 5, 2020

Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignoredhttps://t.co/vlOMjXdMsa

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) May 5, 2020

A newspaper analysis finds #coronavirus infected as many as 171 people in #Florida as long as two months before officials announced it had come to the state. State officials have pulled the data off the DOH website. https://t.co/NNYYtXrCmb via @ChrisMPersaud

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) May 5, 2020

This is the least surprising thing of the day. All the Republican Govs know reopening is going to lead to a spike in cases. They are tied to the President now whose only chance of winning is getting the economy going. But to be clear, they all know what's going to happen https://t.co/uYov2xccHK

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 5, 2020

In the years to come, Trump reading aloud the stage directions on the Republican script is going to be a very useful contribution to the country because it lays bare the truth of the GOP strategy. https://t.co/cvbfHD7dTp

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 5, 2020

UK overtakes Italy with Europe's highest official coronavirus death toll https://t.co/sggJKMLp3D pic.twitter.com/uDYDgj9I01

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 5, 2020

The most obvious misstep by Boris Johnson’s government was its hesitation to implement a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But Britain’s slow lockdown offers only a partial explanation for what has followed. https://t.co/zMkKAqjvNH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 5, 2020

“Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster by failing to listen to global consensus and expert analysis” RE contact-tracking app.—Only it’s not sleepwalking: Govt is *choosing* this British exceptionalism. We’ll again have to pay the price. https://t.co/sF0YlzwqWh

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann 😷 (@cliodiaspora) May 5, 2020

The influence of Dominic Cummings & his Vote Leave friends continues to grow at the heart of Govt. Faculty, the AI start up hired by Cummings for Vote Leave, awarded 7 Govt contracts in 18 mths. About time a spotlight was shone on on this cosy relationship https://t.co/W79ZaKj5IA

— Mary K Foy (@marykfoy) May 5, 2020

A very good article giving some background on one of the Tech Firms working with Faculty and NHSX on the UK Covid-19 data response. https://t.co/gIFi1peRyR

— WilHunter (@WilHunter2) May 5, 2020

Neil Ferguson may or may not have done wrong but he has effectively been "taken out" via a professional hit job. Clean. Cruel. Breathtakingly effective. https://t.co/OJdQkKsbiN

— David Yelland (@davidyelland) May 5, 2020

Called it! And how kind of the Boris Johnson fanzine to help him out here! pic.twitter.com/EoakpQiNf6

— Colette Austin (@Letttie) May 5, 2020

From the newspaper that today defenestrated Neil Ferguson, the "lockdown professor"https://t.co/NTW5WbaPVU

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) May 5, 2020

Cruel Britannia: Coronavirus lays waste to British exceptionalism – POLITICO https://t.co/feiVUaZU0V

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 5, 2020

When a deadly pandemic was headed our way the British people packed themselves into Cheltenham to look at the horsies pic.twitter.com/rKm6upUDHD

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 5, 2020

In Germany, they gave 55 billion to hospitals and effectively doubled the number of ICU beds. https://t.co/HP6jremRz7

— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) May 5, 2020

Man Has Coffee. More on this as we get it. https://t.co/IwJmpoHADd

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) May 5, 2020

"Sophia wanted to make the card for Boris because she was really sad that he'd been rushed into hospital"

The PM has posted a photo of the card made for him by five-year-old Sophiahttps://t.co/Xp8osJxpY6

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 5, 2020

Appease In A Pod https://t.co/EV5IvmkWuf

— Jason Sinclair (@jlsinc) May 5, 2020

A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious than the original, study says https://t.co/v5JVw3qe74

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 5, 2020

Good summary of the Trump-like “invasion” of #Venezuela by ⁦@bellingcat⁩ “The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA“ #OperacionGedeon https://t.co/vLuEAHHAY1

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 5, 2020

What a bonkers story — US ex special forces soldier launches seaborne raid with a few dozen men to try and overthrow Nicolas Maduro in #Venezuela. Doesn't work.

Our piece:#Venezuela #SilvercorpUSA #JordanGoudreau pic.twitter.com/pMpusrl7FQ

— John Holman (@johnholman100) May 6, 2020

The U.S. Treasury Secretary recently mentioned that international travel isn't likely to occur again before 2021… yet it barely registered in the media.

“But this is a great time for people to explore America,” he said.https://t.co/gH0kaEeOgP

— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) May 6, 2020

“Companies have no idea what is going to happen whatsoever … There are going to be after-shocks and no V-shaped recovery."

Trump's "tremendous rebound" hopes are in serious trouble. Me and @MyahWard on corporate America getting grim. https://t.co/xOWLXAXAnc

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) May 6, 2020

Australia policy towards China is driven by "fear and greed"- a point underlined by the furious reaction to China's boycott threat: but is Beijing's bark worse than its bite when it comes to the $235bn trade between the nations? https://t.co/8KAvu7mF2a @FT pic.twitter.com/HtmKX78le7

— Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) May 5, 2020

Belgian, U.S. scientists look to llama in search for COVID-19 treatment https://t.co/RXn2HQluim pic.twitter.com/NCIogAKdXR

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020