Trump confronts twin challenges: health and credibility
Oct 06, 2020
4 minutes
All presidents shade the truth, spin, dissemble, over-promise, or outright lie at times. Sometimes they lie to protect national security or to hide embarrassing personal conduct.
But with just four weeks until Election Day, as President Donald Trump himself faces down the coronavirus that has killed 209,000 Americans, a long-building lack of credibility with a majority of the public may be his biggest weakness.
Only 34% of American adults believe President Trump has relayed truthful information about the virus, according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll taken after his own diagnosis was revealed last Friday.
Mixed messages coming from White House officials, including
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