‘Narcissist in charge’: Trump pummeled for admitting nationwide efforts to curve coronavirus are ‘detrimental to my election success’

@realDonaldTrump We get it. This is about your re-election. Not lives. This is a defining tweet

— Peter Gammons (@Peter Gammons) 1585169586

@realDonaldTrump President Trump admits that every decision he is making in this ongoing crisis is first about his… https://t.co/Pb3xTULFWE

— David Rothschild 🌻 (@David Rothschild 🌻) 1585168246

@KevinMKruse @realDonaldTrump Trump is admitting it. It's all about his re-election.

— ⭐️ Merrily awaiting a return to rationality ⭐️ (@⭐️ Merrily awaiting a return to rationality ⭐️) 1585167179

He can't imagine it's about anything but him, and he will literally risk killing you if he thinks it will help him.… https://t.co/0Ppp6cdiUx

— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1585167116

For Trump, from the moment he first suppressed testing right through until this Tweet, it has always been about his… https://t.co/lqbGUFpVlA

— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1585167773

It is startling how President Trump cannot even pretend to care about the people dying due to his mix of negligence & corruption.

— David Rothschild 🌻 (@David Rothschild 🌻) 1585168916

Trump is now turning the most important public health decision in decades into a divisive political issue that is a… https://t.co/k8dmnFaIt9

— David Corn (@David Corn) 1585167076

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Important to drop the pretense that this is about anything other than his reelection. https://t.co/L19mqO5dyY

— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1585168083

@realDonaldTrump Trump is literally turning saving lives into a partisan issue so that his base ignores Doctors. Ne… https://t.co/pQhhFsA7JF

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1585169270

@realDonaldTrump If things are so safe out there, then why aren't you holding any rallies? https://t.co/BfmNndFFeG

— Max Kennerly (@Max Kennerly) 1585171375

@realDonaldTrump Translation: Trump is more worried about his poll numbers than your lives.

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Nick Jack Pappas) 1585167068

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@realDonaldTrump In other words, I will sacrifice you and your family so that Chipotle opens up 2 weeks earlier and… https://t.co/KmVzCsy3ZE

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1585169014

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@realDonaldTrump We all want our lives to go back to normal. Hard working Americans want to go back to work. And we… https://t.co/h04jHxpUPO

— Eugene Gu, MD (@Eugene Gu, MD) 1585167050

He keeps sayin' the quiet part out loud. Trump don't mind killin' folks to get re-elected. It's right here in dig… https://t.co/PHAk55UHiV

— Tea Pain (@Tea Pain) 1585168152

He doesn’t care if we flatten the curve or if people get sick and die. He wants the stock market back up so he isn’… https://t.co/XINkWESHm7

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1585167064