CNN's Cuomo on Trump's Return From Hospital: 'What a Bunch of Bulls-'

CNN's Chris Cuomo branded President Donald Trump's highly-publicized return from the hospital Monday night "a bunch of bulls---" and comparing the president's removal of his mask to "a drunk driver who is pushing others to drive drunk."

"Welcome to the Land of Confusion. Is there anything more to say. Really, do any of you not get what's happening?" he asked during "Cuomo Prime Time," just three hours after Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center after three days of treatment for COVID-19. Trump returned to the White House, where numerous staffers and aides -- not to mention senators -- recently also tested positive. The president then removed his mask in front of the cameras.

Cuomo went on to say that viewers -- especially primetime viewers -- seek out validation of their own beliefs when they turn on cable news.

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"Does anybody really need to tell you anything? There he is: hair blown majestically, reshooting the scene for his own ad," said Cuomo of footage of Trump removing his mask. "What a bunch of bulls---, going back to the White House. If you want to know the reality, the truth, the virus is the truth. The virus doesn't care about left and right."

For those who might want a metaphor, Cuomo -- who detailed his own battle with COVID-19 earlier this year -- offered that Trump "is a drunk driver who is pushing others to drive drunk. That's what he is. Do I want to see a drunk driver get hurt? Hell no, but I worry more about the people he hits."

The decisions to leave the hospital, return to the site of a clustered outbreak and remove his mask amounted, in Cuomo's mind, to disrespecting the presidency.

Watch his entire fiery breakdown below.

"This President is a walking lie," says @ChrisCuomo, detailing Trump returning to the White House and removing his mask.

"Every aspect of his pandemic experience and response exhibits disrespect... I'm upset because... this man who can do everything, does nothing." pic.twitter.com/BMrl0KKtws

— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) October 6, 2020

12 Trump Tweets About the Coronavirus That Are Super Awkward Right Now (Photos)

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, which makes looking back on some of his tweets over the past 10 months pretty... ironic.
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On Jan. 24, the president was sure "it will all work out well." He even personally thanked China's President Xi.
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On March 18, he assured us that he "always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously."
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On May 24, he said mail-in ballots would create a "rigged election... Trying to use Covid for this Scam!"
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On May 25, he claimied "great reviews" on his handling of COVID-19, "sometimes referred to as the China Virus."
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Here's a gem from May 28: "All over the World the CoronaVirus, a very bad 'gift' from China, marches on. Not good!"
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On June 15, he complained that the "Far Left Fake News Media" is trying to "Covid Shame us on our big Rallies." This topic came up again few months later, at the first presidential debate, when Trump bragged that there has been "no negative effect" from his 35,000-40,000 person, largely-maskless, mid-pandemic outdoor rallies.
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Months before the U.S. deaths surpassed 200,000, Trump tweeted on June 25, "Coronavirus deaths are way down. Mortality rate is one of the lowest in the World."
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On July 5, Trump was still blaming the rise in COVID-19 cases to "massive testing" and that death numbers are down "low and steady," whatever that means.
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On July 6, Trump lamented that the "Lamestream Fake News Media REFUSE to say that China Virus deaths are down 39%." In September, the country reached 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus.
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Eight days after wearing a mask in public for the first time, he declared that "many people say that it is very Patriotic" to wear a mask on July 20.
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This one is particularly ironic. On Sept. 3, Trump criticized "Sleepy Joe Hiden'" for sitting back "in his basement and criticizes every move we make on the China Virus. DOING GREAT JOB!"
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On Sept. 18, Trump bragged that he had done "an incredible job" with the "China virus" than Biden did with the Swine flu pandemic in 2009.
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The President and first lady tested positive for the virus Friday

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, which makes looking back on some of his tweets over the past 10 months pretty... ironic.

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12 Trump Tweets About the Coronavirus That Are Super Awkward Right Now (Photos)

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