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Democratic strategists argue that the coronavirus has exposed Trump’s shortcomings as a leader and will alienate critical voters from him in November.
Will Marshall, president of the Institute for Progressive Policy who has spent four decades in party politics, at least once advising a young Bill Clinton, thinks the same.
“I would have to say that this is the defining crisis of the Trump presidency and he has failed to rise to the occasion,” Marshall told The Sunday Telegraph.
He said the daily briefings on the White House coronavirus, now ruled out after Trump’s misstep about the medical benefit of injecting disinfectant, politically hurt him.
Polls indicate Biden is leading Trump on who he can trust to handle the crisis. But in the economy, the president, a career businessman who was late for politics, is still ahead.
Marshall believes that will change. “In the context of double-digit unemployment and many businesses closing forever, especially small ones, I think it will be difficult for Trump to hold onto that advantage, to put it mildly,” he said.
There are signs that Trump is also feeling the pressure. Numerous US media outlets reported snippets of recent heated conversations between Trump and his bearded 6-foot-8-inch campaign manager, Brad Parscale, about the latest polls.
