Every day, at around four pm central time, Donald Trump holds a press briefing. It’s his opportunity to update the nation on the coronavirus crisis. This is the type of content we are getting from the current president of the United States:

“Did you know I was number one on Facebook? I just found out I was number one on Facebook. I thought it was nice. For whatever it means, it represents something.”

Good to know, Don. Most of America is scared shitless right now. We’re doing all we can to stay alive and this is the inane mindless narrative you’re spouting? By the way Don, Obama is still way ahead of you on Facebook. How does that make you feel?

It’s this kind of crap that cause me to stop watching his daily show. Yeah, there’s usually a piece or two of useful information, but it’s tough to sort that out from all the useless information. It’s tough to sort that out from all of his self-aggrandizing chatter. I figured it was easier to get that when I watch the news and they show a recap. You save yourself from a couple of hours of dead brain cells each day.

I hung in as long as possible. Even when we all knew what Donnie was telling us were lies, I stuck around. The lies were nothing new. We’ve been hearing them for more than three years. It’s just more of the same old, same old. I thought the key information we were getting was worth dealing with the lies. I admit to being wrong.

There were a few things that drove me over the edge:

It started when he attacked Peter Alexander of NBC News. Pete asked him a simple question. It was a softball that Trump could have used to assure an anxious nation that we were on the right track and that all would be okay. Trump went in the other direction. He attacked Alexander, the media in general and went into his fake news bit.

Next there’s Mike Pence. This is the guy who is supposedly the leader of the Coronavirus task force. He does have a calm way of speaking that is almost reassuring. He also occasionally gives relevant infomation. But, he loses all credibility because he can’t stop his constant sucking up to Trump. It’s as if he’s programmed to say “at the direction of the President” or because of the leadership of this President.” Hey, Mike…it’s over the top, dude. It’s way too much. You’ve already got the job. Have a little self-respect, although that went down the drain when you attached yourself to Don in 2016.

The worst was when he banished Dr. Anthony Fauci from a couple of the briefings. The one person who stands at the podium who has any expertise on the subject and he’s not there because whenever he speaks,Trump’s ego takes a beating. If Fauci isn’t there, there isn’t a single reason to watch.

So that’s the gist of why I stopped watching. Apparently I’m not the only one. CNN and MSNBC have stopped full coverage of these gabfests. They only broadcast what is relevant and will even break in when Trump tells a blatant lie. Fact checking in real time. Our local stations have also stopped televising the briefings. That must really hurt Trump because the reason he set the time for the late afternoon was to have this shown on those channels instead of the real news.

However, when I decided to write this, I decided to give him one more chance. I have to be fair, right? So I watched Wednesday, until he came up with the Facebook thing. That was enough for one day. But, then I came back the next day. One final chance! It started out fine. Steven Mnuchin gave very important information about the economy and the checks we’re all supposedly going to get in the next two weeks. I’m a bit skeptical about that, but we’ll see. But then Jared Kushner hit the stage. Why? What qualification does he have to be anywhere in this administration other than he sleeps with Ivanka? In a life or death crisis, we’re getting direction from Jared Kushner instead of Dr. Fauci, who was missing in action again?

That was the final straw. I turned off the television and went for a walk.

That’s it for me and the press briefings. I gave Don every possible chance and he failed…again. I suppose it shouldn’t have been a surprise. It’s nothing new. Fool me once, yada, yada, yada. I know there’s something better to occupy my time. One of our local stations has an hour of the Family Feud. Hmmmm…Steve Harvey gushing over ten people he’s never met has to be better than the briefing. At least there will be two good families on stage. That’s much better than the one horrible family pretending to save our lives.

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