Virus-hounded Trump digs in for most ugly, unpredictable electoral free-for-all ever

With Donald Trump’s future in doubt after Nov. 3, the president’s approach is degenerating into an implacable embrace of ugly, unhinged, and extremist behaviour.

Positioning himself as the torch-bearer of the economic recovery after COVID is now the key to U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election strategy and he is showing he won’t hesitate to use any and all means to fan the anger and division that sprung up around the crisis, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Tia Dufour

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

May 27, 2020

OTTAWA—Exposed by the pandemic as an incompetent, uncaring con man, U.S. President Donald Trump has ditched any semblance of respect for American democratic tradition in a naked bid for power and re-election. With Trump’s future in doubt after Nov. 3, the president’s approach is degenerating ...

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