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WaPo Editors Lash Out At Trump: His ‘False Hope’ About Curing Virus Causing ‘Damage’

John Bickley
WaPo Editors Lash Out At Trump: His ‘False Hope’ About Curing Virus Causing ‘Damage’
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President Trump’s poll numbers are on the rise as a strong majority of Americans now approve of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid the crisis, Trump has increasingly shifted away from his trademark opponent-attacking mode to taking on the role as the nation’s “encourager-in-chief,” likely part of the reason public opinion of his handling of the job has improved.

Right on cue, the editorial board of The Washington Post published an editorial Wednesday warning the paper’s readers that some of the hope Trump has been offering the nation is actually “false” and doing great “damage.”

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