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To: locogringo who wrote (1229513)	5/13/2020 8:56:05 AM
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OOPS! A POLL NUMBER THAT SHOULD SCARE POS tRUMP cnn.com Updated 6:46 PM ET, Tue May 12, 2020 (CNN)More than 6 in 10 Americans do not trust the information about the coronavirus that they get from President Donald Trump, according to a new CNN national poll. That's an absolutely remarkable finding that speaks not just to Trump's trust deficit in dealing with this global pandemic but the broader impact of his assault on truth during his first 3+ years in office. (Trump had said more than 18,000 false or misleading things during his first 1,170 days in office -- an average of 15 claims a day -- according to The Washington Post.) A significant majority of Americans -- including 94% of Democrats, 66% of independents and even 14% of Republicans -- do not believe that the leader of the country is shooting them straight on the central issue facing the country and the world, which has to be concerning for the President and his team. While his GOP allies will note, rightly, that his overall job approval number -- 45% -- is the highest it has ever been in a CNN poll (by a single point), the level of distrust toward Trump on coronavirus is the sort of thing that you simply can't ignore. If you believe that the 2020 election is a referendum on Trump (which you should) and that how he has handled the coronavirus pandemic will be at the center of that referendum (which you also should), the fact that so many people just plain don't believe what Trump is saying about the virus is a giant problem for him. The reasons are obvious -- we usually don't vote for people who we don't trust on the overarching issues of the day. Or trust at all. But also consider this: Trump was elected in 2016 on a promise of radical change, of doing everything very differently. Change may well look less appealing in 2020 if it means an inability to trust the President of the United States when the country is faced with a challenge as vast as coronavirus. The Point: When people lose faith and trust in you -- whether you are a politician or a regular person -- it's a very hard thing to win back. Trump may be reminded of that basic fact of human nature a lot between now and November 3.

To: locogringo who wrote (1229513)	5/13/2020 8:58:46 AM
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OOPS! Tests Are Readily Available At The White House. America Doesn’t Have The Same Luxury. huffpost.com

To: locogringo who wrote (1229513)	5/13/2020 8:59:37 AM
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Howard Stern Tells Trump Voters What The President Really Thinks Of Them huffpost.com The radio host also names the most “patriotic” thing the president could do. By Ed Mazza Radio host Howard Stern has a blunt message for supporters of President Donald Trump: He doesn’t like you. “The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most love him the most,” Stern said on his SiriusXM radio show, according to the New York Daily News. Trump, he said, loves celebrities ? not the masses. “He wouldn’t even let them in a fucking hotel. He’d be disgusted by them,” Stern said, then challenged Trump supporters to visit the president’s most famous property to see for themselves. “Go to Mar-a-Lago. See if there’s any people who look like you,” he said. “I’m talking to you in the audience.” Trump was a frequent guest on Stern’s shows over the years, and the host has said the two were once friends. Even now, Stern ? who endorsed Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in 2016 ? said he doesn’t dislike the president. “I don’t hate Donald,” Stern said, before unloading on the president’s supporters. “I hate you for voting for him, for not having intelligence.” Stern in 2017 said he urged his onetime friend not to run for president. “I told him that because I actually think this is something that is going to be detrimental to his mental health, too, because he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved. He wants people to cheer for him,” he said on his show at the time. This week, he said the two could be friends once again ? if Trump committed to one “patriotic” act: resigning. “I do think it would be extremely patriotic of Donald to say, ‘I’m in over my head and I don’t want to be president anymore,’” Stern said. “It’d be so patriotic that I’d hug him and then I’d go back to Mar-a-Lago and have a meal with him and feel good about him because it would be such an easy thing to do.” Stern has also suggested that Trump quit before, saying in 2018 that the president should skip town. “My advice would be, like, get the fuck out of there, man,” he said on his radio show. “Why do you need that for? Go back to Mar-a-Lago and hang.”