"And Larry was saying that with a hurricane, you have a horrible hurricane in Florida or Texas, and it’s devastating. And then the hurricane goes away..."

"... and within two hours, everyone’s rebuilding and fixing and cleaning and cutting their grass. I’ve seen it in Texas. I’ve seen it everywhere. I’ve seen it everywhere. Texas had a massive one, Louisiana, hurricanes, Florida hurricanes. But what happens is right after the hurricane, boom, and this is what this is, this isn’t a terrible recession. I don’t even mention the D word. I don’t talk about the D word, I don’t want to talk about it, because every time somebody even mentions it, I don’t like the D word. But if you had a really, really big, bad recession, it could take 10, 12. How long did it take in 1929? It took many years to recover from that. How long? 10? I heard 10, I think, longer than 10, but that’s okay. I heard 14, 15 years. Larry says 10, so let’s go with 10. But it takes a long time to recover, but a hurricane you’re back in business in one day, two days, three days, and it’s devastating and it’s hard. And this was a hurricane. And it’s going to get better fast...."

That's Trump yesterday — here's the transcript — from what was billed as a "press conference," but played much more like a Trump rally. He seemed to be giving a rally speech. He was pumped up over the great jobs report, and he went through his topics — even oldies like how he won in 2016 — the way he used to do in the days when there were rallies. The difference was a lack of crowd noise... and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" didn't play when he finished. But he can't always get what he wants.

The press had to sit there quietly and put up with the entire tirade. When he was done, he had some legislation to sign, and he wanted to sit down at his little table, get out his Sharpie, and do the signature ritual in a formal manner, but the pent-up press couldn't resist beginning the questioning. They'd waited so long. When is it their turn?

One of the press called out:  "Mr. President, what happened to the plan for systemic racism? Mr. President, why haven’t you laid out a plan to address systemic racism?"

Trump admonished the reporter — "I'd like to sign this bill" — but he also defended himself on "race relations": The economic recovery is "the greatest thing that can happen... for the African-American community, for the Asian-Americans, for the Hispanic American community, for women, for everything."

The questioner insisted on hearing about Trump's "plan," and Trump said having a strong economy was his plan. Another questioner jumped in and began to ask how a better economy would solve the problem of racism, but Trump cut him off — "Excuse me, I’d like to sign this." The questioner nevertheless persisted: "Yeah. Just to follow up, how would a better economy have protected George Floyd?" Trump expressed irritation: "Excuse me, do you mind if I sign this?" The questioner said, "Sure, I’ll ask after," and somebody else prolonged the interruption with a counterproductive "Will you take questions after, sir?" That re-activated the first questioner, who brought up that unemployment of black people just "went up by .1%," so "How is that a victory? How is that a victory?" He said it twice, provoking Trump to say, "You are something." So he said it a third time, "How is that a victory?"

It was outdoors, in the Rose Garden, and obviously hot. Trump had had his Cabinet members standing behind him, taking the risk that somebody might keel over. He ended the signing by calling Larry — Larry Kudlow — over to speak, and Larry said, "Thank you, sir. I’ll be brief as I can. I know it’s pretty darn hot." Trump said: "I haven’t noticed that. Is it hot? Nobody hot." Hilarious. Especially if you like a tinge of sadism in your humor. A tinge. Don't overreact. It's a great line. I want to remember to use it if anyone ever points out that it's hot when everyone knows it's really hot. I haven’t noticed that. Is it hot? Nobody hot.

And he never got back to the reporters for their questioning. They'd shown what they were spring loaded to do. It wouldn't be Why do you believe the economy will take off like a rocket ship? How will a burgeoning economy help everybody? It would be Where is your plan to overcome systemic racism? So he walked out of what was inaptly named a press conference.

There is one more difference from a rally. He would have taunted the press loudly and at length. Here he just gave them the cold shoulder — the cold shoulder and the most minimal taunt: You are something.