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Trump Facing Electoral Headwinds Over Handling of Coronavirus

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Real estate tycoon and television reality show host Donald
   Trump was viewed by many voters as something of a political unknown as
   he sought the presidency in 2016 -- but one worth taking a chance on,
   even as numerous pundits and pollsters thought he surely would lose the
   national election.
   But Trump won an upset victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, and now
   he's back for another go-round. As the sitting president, he is
   accepting the Republican Party's nomination for a second term with a
   speech Thursday night at the White House. A crescendo of fireworks on
   the National Mall will herald the moment.
   Trump has a 3½-year track record, including thousands of daily, often
   acerbic Twitter remarks targeting political foes and making policy on
   the fly. That unconventional form of governance perhaps can best be
   described as uneven, with critics more harshly calling it chaotic and
   erratic.
   But supporters have extolled him as bold and innovative, crediting him
   with restoring an "America First" credo across the globe, while moving
   toward a less regulated state of life within the U.S. by signing dozens
   of executive orders limiting governmental oversight and control.
   The Trump administration claims successes over the last 3 ½ years -- a
   massive tax cut benefiting American businesses and individuals, a
   partial trade agreement with China, construction of part of a wall
   along the Mexican border to curb illegal migration (although Mexico
   didn't pay for it as Trump claimed it would) and new diplomatic
   relations between Israel and one of its neighbors, the United Arab
   Emirates.

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