
US President Donald Trump holds a press conference on COVID-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13, 2020. AFP / SAUL LOEB
On Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was fabricating how many additional ventilators would be necessary to properly treat seriously ill coronavirus patients in the state.
Commenters on social media were enraged by Trump's comments.
Did the coronavirus write Trump’s talking points? https://t.co/fRvHMMAzdl— Jamison Foser (@Jamison Foser) 1585275797.0
@RiegerReport Oh thank you for the detailed report Dr trump.— Rojo~☕️🍺🥟🍕🌮🪐🔭🏥🩺💉👶🏻♊️🆒🆓4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ (@Rojo~☕️🍺🥟🍕🌮🪐🔭🏥🩺💉👶🏻♊️🆒🆓4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣) 1585275168.0
TRUMP JUST NOW: "I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators." Make no mistake: Many Americans are going… https://t.co/h5VoZRlY9w— CAP Action (@CAP Action) 1585274324.0
BREAKING: Trump tells Hannity "I don't believe "[New York] will need 30,000 Ventilators" Note that New York is cu… https://t.co/2hmkbYwkek— Mrs. Krassenstein (@Mrs. Krassenstein) 1585273715.0
funny that a blowhard doesn’t think ventilators are so important https://t.co/3K35wdxewS— George Conway (@George Conway) 1585275246.0
@Yamiche @NYGovCuomo i've never hated a person so much in my life. trump is unadulterated evil.— 🇺🇸Solstice Veteran🇺🇸 (@🇺🇸Solstice Veteran🇺🇸) 1585273903.0
@Yamiche @NYGovCuomo Kind of like he thought we’d be down to zero cases right now... Should we blame this sort of B… https://t.co/s8kccBH0tu— KalliJo (@KalliJo) 1585275810.0
@Yamiche @NYGovCuomo https://t.co/9uAqJl04zb— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle) 1585273949.0