President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

I have major respect for horror writer Stephen King (and a ton of reverence for one of Stephen’s prime influences, I Am Legend author Richard Matheson — check out his great Twilight Zone episodes).

Someone not likely an influence of King’s: Donald Trump.

After Friday’s press conference — during which the President declared a state of emergency over the Wuhan coronavirus — Stephen noticed what was apparently a horror in its own right: The people standing around Donald Trump in the Rose Garden…were white:

“Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.”

Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020

The great author must’ve been glad to discover there was, in fact, a woman present — Dr. Deborah Birx, who’s serving as the administration’s coronavirus response coordinator.

She took the mic right after the Commander-in-Chief.

Mr. King came back 20 minutes later and gave her props:

“Quite the parade of white men in ties, eh? The lady with the shawl looks so great compared to the rest of those bozos.”

Quite the parade of white men in ties, eh? the lady with the shawl looks so great compared to the rest of those bozos.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020

Stephen definitely wasn’t the only one to take note of the racial makeup.

GQ correspondent Julia Ioffe wondered what was up with a bunch of old white-guy businessmen:

It's just a parade of old white guy CEOs…

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 13, 2020

Washington Post reporter Matt Viser didn’t seem to believe the crew could bring an all-American approach, given they were pale:

“This day should be an inspiration for every American,” Mike Pence says. And, after a parade of white male chief executives from pharmaceutical and retail companies spoke: “We are bringing an all of America approach.”

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 13, 2020

DC/Marvel comics writer Don Marz thought a bunch of peeps who were male and white and in suits constituted a “What the [F word]” moment:

I mean, WTF is this? Some kind of game show? Parade of white guys in suits? #TrumpPressConference

— Ron Marz (@ronmarz) March 13, 2020

I’m with him on the suit thing; next conference, I want ’em all in these:

Wired Manager of Audience Development (and Medium journalist) Alex Whitcomb noticed even more — not only was the gang male and white, but straight:

I guess we maybe should have guessed this Trump coronavirus press conference would be a hundred straight white men stroking each other's egos and passing coronavirus to each other through handshakes on live TV.

— Alex Whitcomb (@AlexWhitcomb) March 13, 2020

Comedian Jensen Karp chimed in:

KEEP USING THE SAME MIC, REPUBLICAN WHITE MEN PRAISING EACH OTHER!

— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 13, 2020

Here’s political scientist and journalist David Roghkopf:

Quite the diverse range of middle-aged white men speaking this afternoon at the WH (w/few exceptions).

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 13, 2020

Art director Lizzie Finn — who’s masterminded visuals for Vogue and Esquire — said it wasn’t a press conference.

And Obama was better:

Not a press conference. It's a parade of white men kissing Trump's ass.

Groveling sycophants.

Obama never needed people to feed his ego when the country was panicking & in national crisis.#NationalEmergency#sycophants#TrumpPressConference

— lizfinnarnold (@QueenZenobia6) March 13, 2020

Why anyone would ever want the scrutiny of being president is beyond me.

Then again, Trump’s already old, white, male, and straight. I guess “President” doesn’t really make it all that worse.

-ALEX

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