Shaken by the publication of polls giving him the losing face to his democratic rival @, Donald Trump will try to relaunch his electoral campaign next week during a trip to Arizona and by an appearance on a television program.
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Blocked in the White House for weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, the real estate mogul has publicly shared his frustration at the derailment of his campaign, which had hitherto been promising. "I have been in the White House for several months now and I would like to get out," complained the president on Wednesday. The deconfinement of the Republican billionaire will begin Sunday with an interview-debate on the chain he loves, Fox News, which will be filmed, in a rather unusual way, at the Lincoln Memorial on the "National Mall", huge esplanade bordered by the White House, in Washington. On Tuesday, Donald Trump is scheduled to fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to visit a medical device manufacturing plant. Then he will go to Ohio. This change of scenery will give the president the opportunity to present his management of the increasingly criticized coronavirus crisis in a new light, just six months before the presidential election.
After a disastrous press conference the week behind, during which Donald Trump had discussed the possibility of injecting disinfectant to patients contaminated by Covid-19, the White House now prefers to focus on a more cheering prospect: the reopening of the 'economy.
Donald Trump down in polls
Polls have shown that the Republican billionaire was in trouble, failing not only to create a feeling of patriotic union during the crisis, but above all failed to sink the man he nicknamed "Joe asleep" . The average of the national polls gives @ at 48.3% and Donald Trump at 42%. The former vice-president is also ahead of the real estate tycoon in the projections of all the key states, a crucial factor in an election determined by the vote of major voters from each state.
"FALSE SURVEY, like in 2016 (but worse)!" wrote Donald Trump this Thursday in a shower of morning tweets attacking journalists, Democrats and those who he said sought to destroy his presidency by launching an investigation into his ties to Russia.
A tantrum against his campaign manager
CNN and other American media have reported that the president yelled on the phone against his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, and other leaders of his team. Donald Trump, who has often described Bred Parscale as a near genius for his work on his presidential campaign, denied having had a temper tantrum against his team.
"I just learned that Fake News @CNN falsely reported that I had recently yelled at my campaign manager about invented nonsense ," he tweeted. "In fact, he does a great job, I never yelled at him (he's been with me for years, including when he won in 2016) and I don't intend to do it . "
"I am in the Oval Office with him all day and I can tell you that his comments, his comments are entirely focused on how to manage this pandemic and towards the reopening of the economy," added the spokesperson of the President Kayleigh McEnany.
Next year will be "spectacular"
Despite a presidency marked by division and controversy, Donald Trump had hoped that the good health of the American economy would be his ticket to keep his place in the White House next November. But the new coronavirus, which has already killed more than 61,000 Americans and forced destructive containment for the economy, especially for restaurants and airlines, has shattered this prospect.
According to the electoral statistics site FiveThirtyEight, only 42.9% of those questioned approve of the actions of Donald Trump, against 45.8% three weeks earlier. Joe Biden is trying to transform the election into a referendum on Trump's management of the pandemic.
The Republican billionaire however bet on the fact that an economic recovery arrives just in time to allow him to win the election. "I think you will see fantastic economic figures. I believe very strongly, " said the president on Thursday, describing the third quarter as a " transition " quarter and stressing that the " fourth quarter " would have " exceptional figures " . Next year will be "spectacular," he insisted.