Donald Trump holds disastrous press conference, almost admits Joe Biden won, catches himself

Donald Trump is speaking in public right now for the first time in more than a week. He’s still focused on the coronavirus vaccine, and hasn’t even veered off script into election conspiracy theories yet, but this is already a disaster for him.

Trump looks like absolute hell. His hair is now white, but his face is still orange. He looks worn down, sounds tired, sounds nervous, and can’t stop tripping over his script. Trump went on a bizarre rant about the Governor of New York for no apparent reason, accused Pfizer of making false statements, and then bragged about the stock market. Trump can’t stop sniffing, which is always a sign that something is off.

Thus far it’s not clear what the point of this press conference is, other than to try to take credit for a vaccine that he negligently stood in the way of, and to falsely claim that the pandemic is already under control. Trump also insisted that his administration will never go back to lockdowns, and then said “hopefully the…” and caught himself just before he presumably could say “…Biden Administration.” Even Trump knows it’s over.