Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, some Twitter users condemned US Leader Donald Trump for lashing out at the US media. Trump criticized the media as ‘totally corrupt and dishonest’ and referred to them as ‘lamestream’ instead of ‘mainstream’.
Trump’s handling and delayed response to the pandemic has drawn criticism, while the US Coronavirus death toll stands at 42,000 as of Tuesday. Despite this, Trump took to Twitter to express his displeasure with the recent media criticism.
In one of his tweets, Trump wrote, ”I’ve had great “ratings” my whole life, there’s nothing unusual about that for me.”
”The White House News Conference ratings are “through the roof”(Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale , @nytimes ) but I don’t care about that. I care about going around the Fake News to the PEOPLE! ”
In another tweet, Trump said; “It is amazing that I became President of the United States with such a totally corrupt and dishonest Lamestream Media going after me all day, and all night. Either I’m really good, far better than the Fake News wants to admit, or they don’t have nearly the power as once thought!”
The backlash from Twitter users was swift, with many suggesting that Trump cared more about his image than the lives lost to Coronavirus. Some of the responses are shown below…
— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) April 21, 2020
