Washington: Major US television networks quickly cut away from Donald Trump's daily coronavirus briefing on Monday (Tuesday AEST), after the President aired selectively edited video clips promoting his response to the pandemic and attacking the media.

The extraordinary briefing was Trump's most combative yet, as he lashed out at the media, state governors and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

US President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Monday (Tuesday AEST). Credit:AP

Trump was clearly aggrieved by detailed reports over the weekend in The New York Times and Washington Post scrutinising his response to the pandemic. He was also annoyed by statements by Dr Anthony Fauci in which the infectious disease expert said fewer people would have died from the virus if the US had shut down its economy earlier.

Trump defended his decision a day earlier to retweet a post on Twitter calling for Fauci to be fired, saying: "This was a person’s view. Not everybody’s happy with Anthony. Not everybody’s happy with everybody".