Two days before the 2020 election, Trump was insistent he would win. Was it bluster — or foreshadowing?
President Donald Trump, with infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci by his side, declares a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic at the White House on March 13, 2020. One of the questions that has trailed Donald Trump for nine years now is whether he believes the false things he says.
On Nov. 1, 2020, two days before voting ended, Trump called Anthony Fauci, then the country’s top infectious-disease doctor. This was in the heart of the coronavirus pandemic, during which Fauci had become the Trump administration’s central voice on the subject. Well, second to Trump.Fauci said that Trump, flying around the country to campaign rallies even as he placed the call, was frustrated that Fauci wasn’t being more positive.“I am going to win this f---ing election by a landslide.
So two days before the 2020 election, he was behind — but he’d been behind before. The polls suggested strongly that he’d lose, but he felt the energy of his crowds. He was batting 1.000 in presidential elections when behind in the count. Victory seemed imminent.Or maybe this was just what he was telling Fauci. Maybe he was sending a signal to the doctor: Do what I say, because I’m not going anywhere. Follow my lead, because I’m still going to be your boss in February.
Notice that, in addition to the overall advantage Trump had in perceptions that he’ll win this year, Democrats were less confident that Biden will win than Republicans were that Trump will .
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