Voters over 65, a key demographic that gave Trump an edge in 2016, began to desert him in mid-2019, even before coronavirus
Believing himself a political genius without parallel in world history (admittedly, not the president’s strongest subject), Donald Trump saw no need to change anything. There was never an acknowledgment of the gravity of office, never a plea for national unity and certainly never a stutter-step towards the center.
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