Since its peak in late March, public approval of President Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowly but steadily declined. Why is this happening? Will his new guidelines to the states for reopening the country’s turn it around? What will be the impact of his latest tweets, which call on his supporters to “liberate” Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia from the mitigation measures imposed by their Democratic governors? CONT.
William A. Galston, Brookings Institution
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