Donald Trump Unleashes Tweet-storm

One state Governor, Washington’s Jay Inslee (left) blasted Donald Trump for "fomenting domestic rebellion" – after the United States president urged supporters to "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" "LIBERATE VIRGINIA!" in a Friday tweet-storm.

The latter promptly responded and defended his tweets, saying he was "very comfortable" with the posts. He accused the three states of doing "too much" – he was referring to their efforts to keep Covid-19 at bay! 

Trump (right) even said he was not worried about those protesting against stay-at-home orders, despite the fact demonstrators have defied the Trump administration's social distancing guidelines. 

I think it's really too much that he is targeting 3 states in particular that are led by governors who are Democrats. It's not as if I care about the Democrats but this is clearly partisan politicking.

And oh, Trump didn’t forget New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (right) who has been periodically criticizing the federal response. The former pointedly told the latter to "…spend more time 'doing' and less time 'complaining'". 

The clash between Trump and Cuomo is personal – and the former griping, grumbling and groaning that the Governor has not said thanks for the help he has received from the federal government. 

Cuomo countered by saying: "I don't know what I'm supposed to do, send a bouquet of flowers? 'Thank you to the federal government for participating in a federal emergency'". 

It is noteworthy to mention that even in largely rural states with small populations, such as ‘Democratic’ Maine, ‘Republican’ Wyoming and ‘Republican’ South Dakota – their governors said they were not anxious to quickly resume business as usual. 

According to news reports I've seen and read, protests have broken out not just in Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio – but also in Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. 

The country has hit 700,000 confirmed cases now, up more than 30,000 from the previous day – and deaths hovered around 37,000.

Confirmed UK coronavirus cases reached 100,000 on Thursday as death toll among hospital patients approaches 15,000.

Note: The UK numbers are suspect. Sure, they add up but didn't Boris Johnson recovered from Covid-19? Unless that Johnson is NOT real?!?!

Elsewhere, fatalities continue to mount. Spain and Belgium recorded 20,002 and 5,163 deaths respectively on Friday. 

And Ireland, Mexico and Indonesia have all reported more than 500 deaths. 

Globally, the death rate has now passed 150,000.