Los Angeles Times

Belatedly battling the coronavirus, Trump tries to save the country — and his reelection campaign

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has boasted for months that the booming stock market, low unemployment and strong economy leave Americans "no choice" but to give him a second term in November - "whether you love me or hate me."

But Wednesday, after another dismal day on Wall Street briefly knocked stocks down to levels last seen since before he was inaugurated in 2017, Trump declared himself a "wartime president" - an acknowledgment both of the deepening coronavirus crisis that he had shrugged off as recently as last weekend, but also of the alarm bells ringing in his reelection campaign.

One Trump ally likened the nation's upheaval to "an asteroid," an unforeseen and

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times2 min readInternational Relations
Editorial: Biden’s Limit On Bomb Shipments To Israel May Finally Get Netanyahu’s Attention
In quietly halting a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel last week, President Joe Biden at last began exercising U.S. leverage to halt a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the final refuge in Gaza for about a million Palestinians displaced by Israeli
Los Angeles Times7 min readWorld
Jewish Families Say Anti-Israel Messaging In Bay Area Classrooms Is Making Schools Unsafe
In the weeks after Hamas' deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel's ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco grew accustomed to seeing her classmates display their
Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
Alleged Violin Thief Also Robbed A Bank, Prosecutors Say, With Note That Said 'Please' And 'Thx'
LOS ANGELES — The violins were expensive — and very, very old. They included a Caressa & Francais, dated 1913 and valued at $40,000. A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000. For more than tw

Related Books & Audiobooks