Trump declares success in battle with the coronavirus as the U.S. death toll passes 80,000: "We have met the moment and we have prevailed."

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 11, 2020

With 80,000 American lives and one in five American jobs lost and no end in sight to this pandemic which is hitting the United States harder than any other country, the President boasts: "we have prevailed." https://t.co/Lw9jUqnmAZ

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 11, 2020

The United States currently ranks 32nd in Covid-19 tests per capita, one spot ahead of Belarus. https://t.co/Imrl1vnGWn

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 11, 2020

Our distempered, incompetent and imbecilic Commander in Chief demonstrated yet again how overmatched he is for this moment. His claims are dishonest and delusional, his racism as apparent as his nastiness. America is in crisis and it will get worse

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 11, 2020

" Very, very ugly ending to that one hour appearance by the President in the Rose Garden" pic.twitter.com/yiBtbIWkpF

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 11, 2020

Asked about the death toll from COVID 19 @realDonaldTrump said “Don’t ask me ask China” as strategy emerges to blame China for pandemic (and downplay criticism of the White House response)

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 11, 2020

Asked why testing is some kind of global competition by a young Asian reporter he yells at her that she should ask CHINA.
And then Kaitlyn Collins asked the same question when Trump tired to bulldoze past it, so he ended it and huffed off stage like the angry teenage girl he is.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 11, 2020

Trump says it was surprising that someone at the White House tested positive because the previous day they had tested negative.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 11, 2020

People at WH are trying to maintain a face of calm, but a number are freaked out by the cases of COVID discovered in two aides working in two different places. Privately, some acknowledge this could complicate the push to reopen @shearm and me https://t.co/hdvMaFmwFA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 11, 2020

Looks to me like they don't actually need to go inside the gym. Problem solved. https://t.co/6MLbxCZEwi

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) May 11, 2020

Today the sitting president of the United States accused a former president of committing crimes and folks just seem to yawn. Shows how numb Americans have become to the shattering of norms and our descent into…something lesser

— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) May 11, 2020

Reporter: "What is the crime exactly that you're accusing [President Obama] of?"

President Trump: "You know what the crime. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours." pic.twitter.com/vpvy2VlKqc

— The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2020

Remember when everyone acknowledged that Trump, aka Individual-1, orchestrated a felony criminal conspiracy for which his personal lawyer was convicted & sent to prison? It’s a sign of the depths of corruption that literally nobody now talks about that—like it’s a minor footnote.

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 11, 2020

This shouldn't be confused with our tracking of President Trump's conflicts of interest — of which there are thousands, and the list keeps growing, even amid the crisis https://t.co/toIW0EJOyK pic.twitter.com/1PbPtdA03J

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) May 11, 2020

NEW: When the expired parts of the PATRIOT Act come back for a vote in the Senate this week, they’re going to include a push to expand surveillance authorities into warrantless collection of your search and browsing history. For starters.https://t.co/5XHtmXJUM0

— @attackerman.bsky.social (@attackerman) May 11, 2020

Proud to join fellow DOJ alumni in calling for AG Barr’s resignation. Barr is not protecting justice, but prioritizing political patronage over the rule of law. Unacceptable—he must go. https://t.co/TuR4SPFaDn

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) May 11, 2020

Boris Johnson has admitted the new "stay alert" #coronavirus message is "more complicated", after his plan to ease lockdown was criticised for being confusing https://t.co/FlLt5CQd0s

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 11, 2020

Look, it’s perfectly clear. You can see one friend on a remote beach in Norway as long as you are two different sides of a dimensional rift and occupying different universes. pic.twitter.com/5kc8wiCMJJ

— Tom Easton (@TomEaston) May 11, 2020

“stay at home if you can, but go to work now if you have no alternative”

If anyone was hoping for clarity from Boris (shambles) Johnson today they will be very disappointed pic.twitter.com/LIKWX9opPu

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 11, 2020

tonight’s @ft splash https://t.co/01LgxMRmuf pic.twitter.com/Of0ziBkwP5

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 11, 2020

Translation: “You’re on your fucking own from here on in.” pic.twitter.com/O87JME0uNh

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) May 11, 2020

Might employ my parents as cleaners so they can come into the house.

— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) May 11, 2020

Teacher asks Boris Johnson: 'How is it logical that I can mix with returning school children, but not my relatives?' https://t.co/Vp0rDUTU8x

— The Independent (@Independent) May 11, 2020

You get the impression this is a man who has never given any consideration to childcare arrangements before he went to work.

— Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) May 11, 2020

It's taken less than 24 hours for 'Key Workers' and 'Heroes' to go back to being 'Low skilled workers' Cheers BBC. Cheers Fiona Bruce. Daddy Boris has spoken, eh?

Back to work peasants….Oh, hang on, we have been right through this!

— Christopher Farrelly (@ChrisFarrelly) May 11, 2020

What is so revealing & detached about this is the way Boris Johnson doesn't see that the relationship between employer & employee is a power relationship.

For millions, deciding on returning to work via friendly chats with the boss is just not a possibility they would recognise. https://t.co/q6dnFAKrmD

— Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) May 11, 2020

The reason we're in deep trouble now: Boris was never up to the job of crisis leader. His role was figurehead. But his Cabinet can't fill the gap because they were chosen for Brexit loyalty, not competence. We're being led by bunch of inadequates. My colhttps://t.co/gNdOSIRlcP

— Jenni Russell (@jennirsl) May 11, 2020

If @BorisJohnson sold you 'double glazing' you'd get home and find it was a single pane of glass. You'd phone him to complain and he'd tell you it IS double glazing as the glass has two sides.

He's a snake oil salesman selling a potion that doesn't even include snake oil https://t.co/qIdXAboG7G

— Will Black 🐦🍓 (@WillBlackWriter) May 11, 2020

Tim – We are facing the biggest health care crisis of our lives followed by the biggest economic contraction in 300 years and we have Boris Big Ben Bong For Brexit in Downing Street- you surely can’t expect anything but ridicule. https://t.co/Ye6DcAXRs7

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) May 11, 2020

32,000+ dead.

And the heir to the throne is worrying about cheese. https://t.co/oaJsSdgicK

— Dr Malcolm Harvey (@MalcH) May 11, 2020

“Boris Johnson's roadmap for exiting lockdown couldn't have left people feeling more lost if it had been written in a foreign language. So he decided to explain it again in French” https://t.co/byPSTDSBN6

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 11, 2020

Excl: Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron drawing up a ‘safe corridor’ of travel without quarantine between UK, France and Ireland to save summer holidayshttps://t.co/tHwAGDdrbd

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 11, 2020

A couple of weeks ago Belgians were urged to eat more fries to prevent potato spoilage. Now France urges French people to eat more cheese as act of patriotism. What would be the equivalent patriotic act here in the US? https://t.co/i9HVl7Hkaj

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 11, 2020

South Korean officials scrambled to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the densely populated capital city of Seoul https://t.co/XuYV5ArbdH

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 11, 2020

Shanghai Disneyland reopens with fewer visitors & social distancing measures @David_Culver reports pic.twitter.com/ruHe3SYSeK

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 11, 2020

Chinese investment in the U.S. drops to lowest level since global financial crisis https://t.co/LhkDRdswyQ pic.twitter.com/49tcDRXUoN

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 11, 2020

Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2020

Huge if true pic.twitter.com/GCTcwHri1T

— Black Plaques (@BlackPlaques) May 11, 2020

Thanks so much for the incredible outpouring of love and appreciation for Jerry. I know how much it would mean to him. And he would have loved this beautifully written obit in the ⁦@nytimes⁩. https://t.co/s1PwUkX0qh

— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) May 11, 2020

"He was perhaps the kindest man I ever had the honor to work beside," Jason Alexander said of his Seinfeld dad. "A great actor, a great man, a lovely friend" https://t.co/5ua9dCALKG

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 11, 2020