CNN and MSNBC both cut away from President Trump's coronavirus briefing, and criticized him for focusing on drug trafficking

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When Trump started talking about the "growing threat that cartels, criminals, terrorists, and other malign actors will try to exploit the situation for their own gain," CNN's Wolf Blitzer said in studio that the president was trying to "change the focus" from coronavirus, while colleague John King called Trump "shameless." On MSNBC, Chuck Todd also criticized the president, saying: “It’s certainly an interesting decision by the president to lead the task force with this. If the president had important coronavirus news to tell us, I don’t know — I would assume it must not trump this in his mind.”