After months of public feuding, multiple venue changes in different states, and increasing panic within his administration about the sheer logistics of planning a much-hyped national convention, President Trump kicked off Thursday’s press conference with the announcement that the in-person component of the 2020 Republican National Convention is effectively canceled.

“To have a big convention, it’s not the right time,” Trump said, citing a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida. “I told my team it’s time to cancel the Jacksonville component.”