Entangled in his criticized management of the pandemic, Donald Trump invoked this Sunday, July 26 a " silent majority " to show his confidence 100 days before the presidential election of November 3, despite new polls which give him left behind by Joe Biden in several key states.
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" The Trump campaign has more enthusiasm, in the opinion of many observers, than any other campaign in the history of our great country, even more than in 2016, " assured the Republican billionaire on Twitter to recreate the momentum that led to his surprise victory four years ago.
" Biden has none!" The silent majority will speak on November 3, ”added the 74-year-old president, promising to lie the polls which attribute him a significant delay, at the national level - by eight points on average - as in several of the states which make and break presidential destinies.
This Sunday, new studies published by the NBC and CNN channels put the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the lead in three states won by Donald Trump in 2016: Arizona, Florida and Michigan.
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The president-candidate had tried, thanks to a lull in the new coronavirus in late spring, to resume public meetings to galvanize his base. He therefore minimized the resurgence of the pandemic for a long time, while the number of new daily contaminations exploded, especially in the south and west of the United States, the most bereaved country in the world with 146,500 dead.
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Flip-flop in recent days: the tone serious, Donald Trump recognized that the situation would " get worse before improving ". He ended up clearly advocating the wearing of the mask - something he had previously refused, unlike Joe Biden, who for months has only displayed in public with this protection.
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And he canceled the large Republican convention open to the public, scheduled for the end of August in Florida, one of the states most affected by the current epidemic. His Democratic opponent had noted in June that his own high mass, from August 17 to 20 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, would be essentially virtual.
But while now wanting to " set an example " in the fight against Covid-19, the White House is trying to put its economic impact into perspective. " I do not deny that some of these states " where the virus has resumed with more vigor " moderate the recovery, " economic adviser to the presidency, Larry Kudlow, said on CNN on Sunday. " But overall, the picture is very positive, " he added, predicting a successful rebound in the US economy in the third and fourth quarters.
"The president of a single term"
This management has sown trouble even among some members of the presidential party. Republican Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan on Sunday abstained from supporting Donald Trump. “A lot of people like me are frustrated with the divisions and dysfunctions on both sides, and don't feel that we have much choice, ” he lamented on CNN.
Opposite, Joe Biden, 77, known for his many blunders, only moves cautiously because of the epidemic. And, although he has recently declined several components of his program, remains more discreet than the tempestuous president, who accuses him in return of not " being quick-witted " and of being a " puppet " of the " radical left ”.
" Now, more than ever, we must do everything so that Donald Trump is the president of a single term, " the Democratic candidate insisted on Twitter on Sunday, to mobilize his supporters 100 days before the poll. The former vice-president of Barack Obama must unveil the name of the woman who will appear at his side in early August.
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One of the possible candidates for the vice-presidency, the black elected representative of California Karen Bass, defended, also on CNN, the capacity of the Democrat to attract the African-American electorate in the wake of the wave of historic anger provoked by the death of George Floyd, suffocated under the knee of a white policeman in May.
" I have confidence in what Joe Biden would do " in terms of police and criminal justice reforms, she said, as Donald Trump sits in a posture in defense of " the law and the law. order ”at a time when clashes between demonstrators and police seem to harden in several American cities.