U.S. presidential campaign likely to be ‘ugly or uglier than last time,’ and of ‘deep concern’ to Canadians, say politicos

Former Liberal foreign affairs minister and deputy prime minister John Manley says the U.S. election campaign 'is going to be a very touchy thing for Canadian politicians to handle.'

U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured on July 14, 2020, at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. Pollster Nik Nanos says the presidential campaign will be 'as ugly or uglier than last time because of Donald Trump’s survival instinct.'Photograph courtesy of the White House Flickr account

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

July 20, 2020

With skyrocketing deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States, cases on the rise in that country, and the extension of the Canada-U.S. border closure until Aug. 21, Canadians are paying very close attention to the U.S. political situation as the presidential election campaign heats up, which some po...

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