By these measures, Trump should actually be doing much better in the polls. In fact, when asked whether the country is headed in the right direction under Trump, Americans say no by 55-38%. Such comparisons suggest the “Trump bump” phenomenon should be handled with care – and a lot of hand sanitizer. With Fauci now warning that up to 200,000 US citizens could die, Trump’s phoney war is coming to an end. The “Trump bump”, like the so-called post-election “Boris bounce” in Britain, could soon be a bad joke – a grim memorial to incompetence at a time of existential need.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2020 10:30 UTC