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Zorro

(15,745 posts)
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:16 PM Jul 2020

Trump's Nakedly Political Pandemic Pivot

This is how the president operates when he is desperate and in trouble.

After mocking people for wearing masks, refusing to publicly wear one himself and holding rallies and gatherings where social distancing was not required, President Trump has shifted his tone.

He has canceled his convention activities in Jacksonville, Fla., after moving the events from North Carolina when that state’s governor raised public health concerns about such a large indoor gathering.

He has resumed briefings, ostensibly about the coronavirus, after canceling them and trying to move on to other matters, as if the virus would simply vanish if he sufficiently ignored it.

Trump is in real trouble. With the election passing the 100-day-away milestone, he is down in the polls, people don’t trust or approve of his handling of the pandemic and he faces a real uphill battle to re-election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/opinion/trump-coronavirus-convention.html
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Trump's Nakedly Political Pandemic Pivot (Original Post) Zorro Jul 2020 OP
It is such a thrill to have a highly successful billionaire business man in the White House,... magicarpet Jul 2020 #1
Thats my sisters MFM008 Jul 2020 #3
An uphill battle? Covid19 isn't going AWAY. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2020 #2

magicarpet

(14,157 posts)
1. It is such a thrill to have a highly successful billionaire business man in the White House,...
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:27 PM
Jul 2020

.... leading the country for us.

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