For three days, President Trump cut a somber figure in the White House briefing room, warning Americans of the sacrifices they faced, invoking the collective spirit of World War II, and outlining how his government was tackling the unfolding coronavirus emergency.

By the fourth day, he could not resist reverting to his campaign persona, getting ahead of his medical experts on a potential new COVID-19 treatment and berating the media for unfair coverage.

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