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People close to President Trump told The Washington Post they think that, throughout most of the coronavirus pandemic, he struggled to wholly address the crisis because of an unwillingness to admit error, a positive feedback loop from advisers and Fox News, and a “penchant for magical thinking” that led him to believe the virus would soon disappear. But Trump has seemingly come around a bit and is now acknowledging the pandemic isn’t going to improve overnight. Per the Post, the pivot… Source link

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James Carville and President Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Jason Kempin/Getty Images, AP[2]) Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville doubled down Friday on his prediction that President Trump may yet abandon his run for reelection when confronted with poll numbers showing that he is in danger of getting swamped in an electoral “tsunami” that might rival Herbert Hoover’s 1932 landslide defeat to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In an interview on the Yahoo News podcast… Source link

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In the face of opposition from the mayor, the governor and the city’s leading newspaper, the Trump administration on Monday said it would keep using unidentified federal law enforcement officers to round up “anarchists” in Portland, Ore., and suggested it would expand the practice to other U.S. cities — ones with Democratic mayors.  “We’re going to have more federal law enforcement, that I can tell you,” President Trump said in the White House. “In Portland they’ve done a… Source link

With coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States continuing to climb, President Trump said on Monday that he will resume holding daily briefings on the COVID-19 crisis within the next day or two. The daily televised briefings were once a staple of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic. But critics often panned the president’s performances for downplaying the seriousness of the virus and for spreading misinformation. They were discontinued shortly after Trump made his Source link

President Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, echoing a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he mocks polls showing him behind Democrat Joe Biden. Trump says it’s too early to make a guarantee. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] Source link

In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that aired Sunday, President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — with incorrect data that had to be corrected by Wallace — and insisted that former Vice President Joe Biden wants to defund the police, which Wallace disputed. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] Source link

In an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace that aired Sunday, President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — with incorrect data that had to be corrected by Wallace — and insisted that Joe Biden wants to defund the police, which Wallace disputed. The White House was unable to provide any evidence for the claim. Trump continued his long effort to minimize the risk from COVID-19, insisting “I’ll be right eventually” that the coronavirus will disappear on its… Source link

Back at the end of March, when the coronavirus was first surging in the United States, polls showed Americans felt similarly about both presidential candidates ability to handle the pandemic. Three months later, that’s changed, a new survey released from The Washington Post and ABC News finds. The poll, released Sunday, shows the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, holding a 20-point advantage over President Trump when it comes to which candidate voters trust more… Source link