President Donald Trump on Wednesday appointed Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the federal government's response to coronavirus.
The president made the announcement at a press conference at the White House in which he discussed the United States’ efforts to address a possible coronavirus pandemic.
“Mike will report back to me, but he's got a certain talent for this,” Trump said after the appointment.
Prior to the press conference, the president said the country is doing great and blames the market selloff on networks like MSNBC and CNN for doing everything possible to make the coronavirus look as bad as possible and panic investors.