Trump Puts on a Show for His Club

New York Times: “After spending a day huddled with his campaign advisers at his private club in Bedminster, N.J., President Trump emerged on Friday night for a surprise ‘news conference’ that seemed at times to be as much a benefit for his loyal club members as it was about making any news or addressing the crisis facing the nation.”

“Speaking in front of dozens of members who gathered in a ballroom to see him, many of them holding wine glasses and forgoing masks, Mr. Trump explained that the reporters in the room had been ‘waiting outside for a long time’ and described the back-and-forth he expected as ‘always a lot of fun.’”

“The audience even had a chance to participate, booing loudly when it was suggested by a reporter that the largely unmasked crowd in the room was violating social distancing guidelines, and then cheering when the president noted that the club’s members ‘know the news is fake.’”