President’s press conference after White House Easter egg roll did little to dispel fears he has lost touch with reality
Donald Trump began his day standing with a person in a giant bunny costume and boasting about the Iran war to an audience of children.
The annual Easter egg roll on the White House South Lawn conjured a fitting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland image for a US president who has disappeared down what many would call a rabbit hole.
A couple of hours later, Trump strode into the desperately crowded briefing room, flanked not by an outsized rabbit but the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth. He held a press conference that did little to dispel growing fears that the commander-in-chief has lost touch with reality.
First he celebrated the successful weekend retrieval from Iran of a US airman whose jet was shot down on Friday. Trump lavished praise on everyone involved in the operation. “It’s not even talent, it’s genius,” he said. “It’s the whole ball game.”
