Trump to reporters at coronavirus briefing: 'You're all - sitting too close to each other' Posted: Mar 19th, 2020 - 1:33 pm
President Trump on Thursday quipped that the press has been "much nicer" to him now that fewer reporters are attending daily briefings due to social distancing, while adding that he thought some were still "sitting too close."
The remarks came during a briefing with the White House coronavirus task force in which Trump was more confrontational than in previous appearances, as reporters pressed him on his administration's handling of the pandemic.
"You're actually sitting too close," Trump said at one point. "Really, we should probably get rid of about 75, 80 percent of you. I'll have just two or three of you that I like in this room. I think that's a great way of doing it."
"You're actually much to close," he added before pointing at one reporter. "You should move. You should move immediately."
The seating at Thursday's briefing was similar to others held earlier this week.
The White House Correspondents Association informed news outlets on Sunday that it was making changes to the seating chart in the briefing room to adhere to social distancing guidelines recently set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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