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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Campaign Saw an Opportunity. He Undermined It.
Source: New York Times
Trumps Campaign Saw an Opportunity. He Undermined It.
The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus. But the candidate did not stick to the narrative.
By Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
Published Oct. 5, 2020
Updated Oct. 6, 2020, 10:57 a.m. ET
On Friday, even as President Trump had trouble getting enough oxygen and aides prepared to move him to the nations top military hospital, some of his campaign advisers saw a potential opportunity.
If Mr. Trump recovered quickly from his bout with the coronavirus and then appeared sympathetic to the public in how he talked about his own experience and that of millions of other Americans, he could have something of a political reset. The health crisis, one campaign official said, was a setback in a re-election campaign that polls have shown him losing for months, but also a chance to demonstrate a new stance toward the virus that might win over some voters.
And the president could use that to show from now until the second presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15, that the disease is serious but can be combated, and that he was ready to re-enter the campaign.
While that was the hope, it was severely undermined over the last few days by the presidents own behavior no more so than Monday when he tweeted to the nation Dont be afraid of Covid. Dont let it dominate your life! without acknowledging that, as president, he gets far better care than the average citizen. His comments signaled a far likelier reality: that the erratic handling of his illness by Mr. Trump and his aides will remind voters of his administrations failures and efforts to play down the deadly pandemic for six months.
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The health crisis was a chance for a political reset, some advisers believed, to show a new, more empathetic stance toward the coronavirus. But the candidate did not stick to the narrative.
By Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
Published Oct. 5, 2020
Updated Oct. 6, 2020, 10:57 a.m. ET
On Friday, even as President Trump had trouble getting enough oxygen and aides prepared to move him to the nations top military hospital, some of his campaign advisers saw a potential opportunity.
If Mr. Trump recovered quickly from his bout with the coronavirus and then appeared sympathetic to the public in how he talked about his own experience and that of millions of other Americans, he could have something of a political reset. The health crisis, one campaign official said, was a setback in a re-election campaign that polls have shown him losing for months, but also a chance to demonstrate a new stance toward the virus that might win over some voters.
And the president could use that to show from now until the second presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15, that the disease is serious but can be combated, and that he was ready to re-enter the campaign.
While that was the hope, it was severely undermined over the last few days by the presidents own behavior no more so than Monday when he tweeted to the nation Dont be afraid of Covid. Dont let it dominate your life! without acknowledging that, as president, he gets far better care than the average citizen. His comments signaled a far likelier reality: that the erratic handling of his illness by Mr. Trump and his aides will remind voters of his administrations failures and efforts to play down the deadly pandemic for six months.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/us/politics/trump-virus-campaign.html
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Trump's Campaign Saw an Opportunity. He Undermined It. (Original Post)
Eugene
Oct 2020
OP
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)1. He is a fool!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. He'll end up wearing either an orange jumpsuit,
or a body bag.
I'd prefer the former, preferably with permanent impairments from his well-earned COVID case.
GoCubsGo
(32,081 posts)3. Trump always makes things worse for Trump.
And, now we have Trump making things worse for Trump on steroids. Literally.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)4. And the Nation
got Suckered once again. Told you so!!!!!
genxlib
(5,526 posts)5. Well there's your problem
You should know better than trying to get Trump to sell the empathy line. That was always going to fail. If if he were inclined to try, he couldn't pull it off.