Trump aides encouraged the president to stay out of medical issues and direct his focus toward more familiar and politically important ground: the economy. Even as Trump preaches optimism, the president has expressed frustration and even powerlessness as the dire economic statistics pile up. Representatives for the RNC and the Trump campaign did not comment on the polling or last week's phone calls. At the same time, Parscale and other Trump aides are talking up the sophistication of their data and voter outreach capabilities this time. This latest episode flared before the campaign manager was featured in a New York Times Magazine profile this week.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2020 03:31 UTC