Trump Undercuts Campaign Reset as He Weighs Prospect of Defeat
- President downplays pandemic, mocks seniors while wooing them
- Trump questions polls but asks ‘How do you lose?’ to Biden
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Donald Trump has begun openly acknowledging his precarious re-election chances, but is undercutting his own campaign’s attempts to tailor appeals to women and seniors as polls show them flocking toward Joe Biden.
Recent polls have shown Biden with growing leads nationally and in key battleground states, an advantage driven largely by erosion in Trump’s support among women and people 65 and older. Trump’s campaign has begun running more ads aimed at seniors, and hopes some of the loss can be offset by gains among Latino and Black voters.