Without Trump at the coronavirus briefings, America would get more information from the experts

A frustrated President Trump on Saturday used Twitter to rationalize walking away from the daily coronavirus news briefings that, multiple times this week alone, he had praised as being ratings hits.

What, indeed, is the purpose of a news briefing where reporters can ask unfiltered questions about the single most urgent problem that the country has faced in decades? Well, its purpose is, presumably, to provide information to the media and, by extension, the public. It is not to serve as a substitute platform for a politician used to regular adrenaline jolts from rallies of cheering supporters.