The Wall Street Journal had a tough editorial the other day on Trump jumping the shark at the coronavirus briefings.

Trump hit back, citing his ratings (in comparison to the Bachelor finale!):

The Wall Street Journal always “forgets” to mention that the ratings for the White House Press Briefings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, according to @nytimes) & is only way for me to escape the Fake News & get my views across. WSJ is Fake News! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 9, 2020

And Brit Hume, one of the great Twitter follows of our time, had an apt rejoinder: