That you just you put yourself on the level of that person . No, you put him above him. No. By saying the country matters more. You take the high road and say im not participating in this farce that is happening in this country right now. Im sorry, when this is all done, i will take my time and i will wait because that portrait will be there and i can do a ceremony whenever, whether it is a year or two or four years. I will wait for the next administration. Or if it never happens, i am fine. In the meantime, you guys go, enjoy, do your own thing, do your business and ill just sit here and i will be fine the way it is. He doesnt owe anyone anything. Im not saying about owing. He spent eight years there. Yeah, i got you. Taking care of his business. I know he did. Thats not the point. What does a portrait ceremony mean, chris . Means a lot. First of all, first africanamerican president. It means a lot. We got that. I know that, trust me. And its a reinforcement of what the administration meant and its a reinforcement of what the man means. Okay. Let me tell you this, chris. The people it means a lot to everybody, but for people like me who really feel how he is the first africanamerican president , we dont really want him there. And it would be a slap in the face for him to go there. And he and his wife and his family and the people it really means a whole heck of a lot to, we know that. We dont want him to go there. Do not go there. Do not put yourself in that situation. Do not lower yourself and debase yourself and go to that white house. Yes, i said it. Dont do it. And what about for those even within the Africanamerican Community who say dont let trump tell you you cant come . Why dont you call up those four people and ask them . You can call them up on your phone or call up the people who go to the white house and whatever, but you can no, no one feels that way, chris. Trust me. If this president would take the time to realize that the office is bigger than he is right. That he has people around him, people who were there before, like the former president george bush, like barack obama, like bill clinton, and on and on, who can help him in these situations, who can who he can rely on. Theres a this is a very elite club. Where he alienates himself even from this very elite club. Why would anyone want to go there and put themselves in that position to be a part of this mess . I dont want to be a part of that mess. Nobody would want to be a part, its a mess. I get not wanting to be a part of the mess. I dont understand why youre not giving any weight because it would be fake. Of because he would be faking it and he is not a fake. It depends on how you use the opportunity and what you said, but why are you completely discounting the idea of trump saying, don lemon or barack obama, forget about don lemon, you dont get to come. You dont get to come. You dont get to do it, even though youre president. Im marginalizing you. You stay away. Hes not marginalizing him. Because the former president is big enough to know that that is not trumps house, it is the peoples house. Thats why he should go. And say this is bigger than you, pal. Get out of my way. He doesnt have to go there now. He doesnt need to go there now. He does not want trust me, trust me, he does not want to go there now. I dont disagree with that. He does not. If he wanted to go there now, he would do it. Hes done a lot of things he didnt want to do because he thought they were right. He thinks the right thing to do is not go there. How do you know what he thinks so much . Youve got some secret communication with barack obama . Chris, would you want to go there . Go where youre not wanted. I would not someone to tell me where i cant go. If i were president of the United States before he, hes not telling me when i can go to the white house or not. It doesnt matter if someone tells you you cant go. If you dont want to go, it doesnt matter. Its like the same thing i want to go for all the people who put me there, who believe in Something Better than what hes doing right now. Its the same thing that happened with golden state when he told curry they couldnt come. Curry says, guess what, i didnt want to go. Not president of the United States. Great team. Great player. Not first africanamerican being told by this guy who has reawakened a lot of ugliness in this country that he cant come. Hes been there for eight years, so i think thats enough. Hes good. Trust me, hes good. He knows where everything, all the ins and outs. I understand what youre saying. It definitely doesnt disparage him. I think im getting wrapped. That must mean im winning. Im getting wrapped, too. Youre not going to win this argument because hes not going to go. Im not going to win with you. Ive never won an argument with you. I dont even get to decide where we have lunch. I understand what youre saying and i get the passion and the sense of purpose. I respect that. I understand that. I dont like how its happening. I think it sends a better and bigger message that he does not want to go and be a part of this. If it was a welcoming, open administration to a former president to someone who is who has who really worked really hard to bring people together and was told he was going to be a oneterm president , why would he want to go there . Somebody who said he wasnt born in this country. The birther thing. Absolutely insulting. Insulting. Dont want to do it. I dont have to be bothered with you. I showed you. I told you there was a pandemic plan. I told you what the biggest threat was. Told you all that stuff. I welcomed you. Gave you the keys. Told you how to deal with it. Adios. Good luck. Ill see you later. And i will see you later. I love you. I love you, too. I guess thats why people like us, we take it for granted, but its really hard to see people get along. I love you, brother. Have a great show. That is the tie truth as we used to say when i was a kid. All right. Thank you. See you later. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Here is our breaking news. With the coronavirus death toll in this country well over 91,000 with well over 1. 5 million cases the president , as he always seems to do, lashes out with distractions and disinformation, his haphazard and reckless approach to this crisis shows he is just not taking it seriously even after more than 91,000 americans have died, he is making it about himself, and there is no better example than the president s insistence on taking a drug, a drug that his own medical experts have warned against, saying it could cause serious heart problems. He is dismissing a study of patients at va hospitals that found those who take hydroxychloroquine, the drug the president is taking, had higher death rates. Ive worked with doctors and if you look at the one survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead. It was a trump enemy statement. A trump enemy statement . In what world do you blame a study that doesnt support what you want to believe on your perceived political enemies . I guess its this world that were living in right now, making my point that i was just making to chris. And frankly, the lack of compassion for those sick people, those veterans is pretty stunning. A study that doesnt find what he thinks that it should find. It must be false. It must be his enemies behind it. The president cant seem to wrap his head around the facts, the facts about a drug that he is insisting on taking, even though it could have dangerous side effects. And that study of patients in va hospitals is not the only warning about hydroxychloroquine. A new study just last week, the largest of its kind, it shows the drug doesnt work against the coronavirus and could cause heart problems. The fda and National Institutes of health warned against it, too. But the president goes on to call the study by scientists phony. And says this. But the fact is people should want to help people, not to make political points. Its really sad when they do that. Yep, it is sad when people use a crisis like this to make political points. Instead of showing the kind of leadership americans need from their president. He insists on taking a drug with possible dangerous side effects, but he refuses to do one simple thing that millions of americans have been doing for weeks, wear a mask. The president didnt wear one when he went to capitol hill today, went to the capitol for lunch with republican senators, many of whom are in an age group that puts them at risk. In fact, hes in an age group where hes at risk. Underlying conditions as well. Obesity and on and on. And hes dodging the question of wearing one on his visit to a ford plant in michigan on thursday. One that has been making ventilators and ppe. The plant requires everyone to wear a mask. But they say theyll defer to the white house on whether the president wears one. Mr. President yeah . Do you so Ford Motor Company has previously required visitors to wear masks when they visit their facilities. Do you plan to wear one when you go there on thursday . I dont know. I havent even thought of it. It depends. I mean, you know, in certain areas i would. In certain areas i dont. But i will certainly look at it. It depends on what situation. Am i standing right next to everybody or am i spread out . And also, look, you know, is something a hospital . Is it a ward . Is it what is it exactly . Im going to a plant. So well see. Where its appropriate i would do it, certainly. Yeah . Weve never seen the president wear a mask, not once. He sure has a lot of excuses, though. Somehow sitting in the oval Office Behind that beautiful resolute desk, the Great Resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i dont know, somehow i dont see it for myself. Do as i say, not as i do. If the president were taking this crisis seriously, if he were taking his own leadership role seriously, hed just wear a mask. Hed also take the devastation to our economy seriously as well. Hed have a plan to help 36 million unemployed americans, people who are wondering right now how theyre going to pay the rent, put food on the table. Instead, he lashes out at reporters. Why havent you announced a plan to get 36 million unemployed americans back to work . Youre overseeing historic economic despair. Whats the delay . Wheres the plan . I think weve announced a plan. Were opening up our country. Just a rude person you are. Were opening up our country. Were opening it up very fast. The plan is that each state is opening and its opening up very effectively. And when you see the numbers, i think even you will be impressed, which is pretty hard to impress you. Yeah, go ahead. A lot of these jobs thats enough from you. I could not be in that room. They would have kicked me out a long time ago. The president throwing out random blue sky predictions of an america back in business and slamming cbss paula reid for daring to ask a question, a question that he did not actually answer. And this president s lack of seriousness goes on and on, well over 1. 5 million cases of coronavirus in this country, and the president calls that a badge of honor. When we have a lot of cases, i dont look at that as a bad thing, i look at that in a certain respect as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better. So if we were testing 1 Million People instead of 14 Million People, we would have far few cases, right . So i view it as a badge of honor. Really, its a badge of honor. Hows that for logic . Wed also have fewer cases if we, i dont know, took this virus seriously from the beginning. Instead of downplaying it, saying that it would go away in warm weather, suggesting ingesting disinfectant might be a treatment, you know, in a minute, one minute, you know, injecting it. And then promoting a drug with serious side effects. In a town hall tonight, the former Vice President joe biden saying this. Its like saying maybe if you inject clorox into your blood, you know, it may cure you. Come on, man. What is he doing . What in gods name is he doing . And the things the president s say, the words of a president matter. And how how random is this . I want you to listen to the president s answer to a question of whether hed consider a ban on travel from latin america. I just want to ask you a question on brazil, who is brazil . Yes. In third position place now catching up to russia in second place for the number of cases. Are you finally considering a travel ban from brazil and latin america . We are considering it. We hope that were not going to have a problem. The governor of floridas doing very, very well testing, in particular florida, because a big majority come into florida. Brazil has gone more or less herd. You know what that is, herd. And theyre having problems. Herd. You know what that is, talking about herd immunity. Okay. So hes just not taking this seriously. Heres why. Brazil has more than 250,000 cases of coronavirus. It is the third hardest hit country after the United States and russia. And the president s campaign of distraction and disinformation goes on. Anything to distract you from his own abysmal failure to deal seriously with a pandemic that is killing more americans every single day. In just the past few days this president has fired the state Department Inspector general, the latest in a long line of i. G. Firings, he has demeaned the vaccine chief who says he lost his job over, wait for it, criticizing the use of hydroxychloroquine. He has tried to cook up a baseless Conspiracy Theory hoping to convince you that the former president barack obama had some nefarious involvement in the origins of the russia investigation. And you wonder why he doesnt want to go to the white house for a dedication ceremony for a portrait . Really . And he was at it again today. According to multiple sources, railing about russia to senators behind closed doors and launching a tirade about the cdc. But speaking of obama, new example tonight of this president s obsession with his predecessor. Cant go a single day without some kind of swipe at the former president. Tonight, again, were talking about that traditional portrait unveiling that were learning about. President obama, it is on ice, that unveiling. Sources tell cnn it may not happen at all while President Trump is in office, which i guess is not exactly a surprise, is it . An Administration Official says there has been some discussion between the white house and the obama team but no date to hang a portrait was ever officially scheduled. Like i said before. Maybe he doesnt need a portrait. Because barack obama lives rentfree in trumps head. Thats all he sees and hears is barack obama, obama, obama, obama. The president dismissing Expert Research and insisting on taking a drug that could have dangerous side effects. What message does that send to americans fearful about the virus and looking for some way to protect themselves . Thats a question for Cnns Kaitlan Collins and dr. Harvey feinberg. Bugs move in we stress out and spray. Well, we used to. New ortho home defense max indoor insect barrier kills and prevents bugs for up to a year without odors, stains or fuss. 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Kaitlan, youve been doing a really great job working, i mean, around the clock. Really holding your own. Thank you, don. So proud of you standing up to the president and to the administration in a very respectful way and speaking truth to power, which is what you should do without fear or favor, so i must say that to you, okay . Im proud to be your colleague. Thank you, don. So kaitlan, listen, despite the health warnings, the president is defending his unproven preventative use of hydroxychloroquine, going as far as calling one study he doesnt like a trump enemy statement. Why is the president pushing this drug so much . Well, don, it was interesting to hear which study he went after today because you saw the va secretary distancing himself from it, saying it wasnt a va study, but it was done on va patients. They reviewed their charts and saw how they reacted to hydroxychloroquine. And the other thing is, its funded in part by the administration. The nih, the National Institutes of health, funded this in part with the university of virginia, that study, and the results came out in april. The president was saying today he didnt trust the way it was conducted. He thought the results were phony. But what they noticeably did not talk about as the president and his cabinet secretaries were backing up his decision to take hydroxychloroquine is the statement from the fda that was issued in april that says it does not believe right now that coronavir