“Other top White House advisers — including Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino — have also sought to buttress Trump’s mood with events they thought he would enjoy, such as celebrating truckers by bringing 18-wheelers onto the White House South Lawn in mid-April or creating social media videos that feature throngs of his adoring fans, according to aides.
Advisers also have sought to boost Trump’s mood by presenting him internal polling that shows him in a better position than public surveys.” WaPo with another sad story: Trump the victim: President complains in private about the pandemic hurting himself.

+ Trump on Fauci: “Dr. Fauci is a nice man, but he’s made a lot of mistakes.”

+ “The June 28 email to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ominous: A senior adviser to a top Health and Human Services Department official accused the CDC of ‘undermining the President’ by putting out a report about the potential risks of the coronavirus to pregnant women.” CDC feels pressure from Trump as rift grows over coronavirus response. “At a time when our country needs an orchestrated, all-hands-on-deck response, there is simply no hand on the tiller.” (The hand is on the Twitter…)