Trump plays misleading clips of ‘support’ from Cuomo at coronavirus briefing
US president accused of going into campaign mode after showing selectively edited videos containing praise by one of his most trenchant critics
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Donald Trump has been accused of using another White House coronavirus task force briefing to broadcast a “campaign ad” in which New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, one of his most trenchant critics, appeared to shower him with praise.
The US president dimmed the lights and played two selectively edited videos on screens behind the briefing room podium featuring Cuomo, whose state has been hardest hit by the deadly pandemic.
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