President Donald Trump at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster (screengrab)
President Donald Trump held a news conference at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Saturday.
The president signed four executive orders -- which he erroneously referred to as bills -- but experts are unsure as to the legality of Trump's moves.
Here's some of what people were saying about the press conference:
This “press conference” is a campaign rally - complete audience of supporters in the back who laugh at his jokes an… https://t.co/h1aFHJE2gn— Paula Reid (@Paula Reid) 1596919050.0
I assume the Secret Service is currently restraining the Bedminster bartenders who are instinctively trying to get… https://t.co/bUvqh9udT1— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1596918897.0
President Trump, confoundingly and wrongly, continues to refer to what he is signing — an executive action — as "a… https://t.co/zPXrEppCYK— David Gura (@David Gura) 1596919279.0
Trump falsely claims that Democrats have not wanted to "do anything protecting people from eviction" -- not only ha… https://t.co/etUK7gfcBp— Jacqueline Alemany (@Jacqueline Alemany) 1596919339.0
President Trump just claimed if he’s re-elected in November, he will “forgive” the pay roll tax payment, which his… https://t.co/mRaS7iGR28— Weijia Jiang (@Weijia Jiang) 1596919243.0
FACT CHECK: @JoshNBCNews: "On border wall: "POTUS talking about how the border wall would be finished around the en… https://t.co/zuzha2EXVv— Andrea Mitchell (@Andrea Mitchell) 1596919142.0
I cannot believe and we should not accept that networks are continuing to run what are effectively infomercials for… https://t.co/oQueYMirQY— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow) 1596919004.0
If you can't accomplish anything, just claim someone else's accomplishments. *** WATCH: Trump flees Bedminster pre… https://t.co/xWD9c4oqZA— Annie Gabston-Howell- (@Annie Gabston-Howell-) 1596921410.0
Trump doesn’t seem to understand the legislative process.— Stuart Rothenberg (@Stuart Rothenberg) 1596918779.0
They have him do these signings so he feels like he’s doing something, but he just looks like a fool Sign your me… https://t.co/iJcewUfmEj— The Lincoln Project (@The Lincoln Project) 1596922540.0
The memorandum on financial relief/weekly assistance relies on the Stafford Act and would require using disaster relief.— Maggie Haberman (@Maggie Haberman) 1596925199.0
“The Green New Deal is childish,” @realDonaldTrump says during a press conference in which he has unloaded on Dem… https://t.co/pjpKQCyjxV— Jeff Mason (@Jeff Mason) 1596919529.0
Trump: "If I'm victorious on Nov. 3rd, I plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax. I'… https://t.co/BisKNH9WWa— Dave Clarke (@Dave Clarke) 1596921316.0
Trump's new executive order Defunds Social Security and Medicare! Trump is leaving Joe Biden with a worse mess than… https://t.co/ldjrbraEeG— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@(((DeanObeidallah)))) 1596921100.0
WATCH: Trump flees Bedminster press conference after reporter busts him for lying about veterans https://t.co/qClvwxFtde— #TuckFrump (@#TuckFrump) 1596921258.0
If Democrats are smart, they will only refer to the events of today as “the day Donald Trump decided, by himself, t… https://t.co/piatJ3Gdl9— Joshua Benton (@Joshua Benton) 1596921488.0
The mainstream media is always extremely reluctant to say that Trump lies because they can’t prove that he knows so… https://t.co/YQlIOWc19N— Matt O'Brien (@Matt O'Brien) 1596921176.0
Trump extols all of the stock markets gains of recent months. Most Americans don’t own stock - especially the Ameri… https://t.co/aPRWEYPXxE— Tim O'Brien (@Tim O'Brien) 1596920958.0
Cynical and unconstitutional: Trump might as well have directed the distribution of $100,000 to every family earnin… https://t.co/blRmw7sPWk— Laurence Tribe (@Laurence Tribe) 1596920503.0
Trump wants to cut Capital gains taxes?!? That’s insane. That’s a tax cut that would only help the wealthy. It’s already absurdly low.— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@Molly Jong-Fast🏡) 1596920895.0
I asked President Trump repeatedly when unemployed Americans will see that $400 week. He could not give me a date.… https://t.co/U0i34InHNn— Rachel Scott (@Rachel Scott) 1596920403.0
Our Veterans Deserve Better! #BountyGateAintGoingAway https://t.co/0LONAqEhAO— Brown Eyed Susan (@Brown Eyed Susan) 1596921618.0
Trump has a laugh track in the audience at his news conference today—club guests at Bedminster—as he says if re-ele… https://t.co/d7dk3jeBy1— Jennifer Jacobs (@Jennifer Jacobs) 1596919522.0
