Politico: “As is often the case, Trump dashed off his attention-hoovering tweet at an opportune moment Thursday morning. The worst economic decline ever recorded in U.S. history had just been announced. An aid package to save tens of millions of consumers was stuck in a deadlock. The rampant pandemic at the core of the problem was spiraling further out of control. And his poll numbers were floundering just three months away from the election.”
“So Trump did what he so often does when under pressure: He tried to change the subject, giving himself cover for any future failures. For months, faced with the dual crises of a life-altering pandemic and a nationwide protest movement against racism, Trump has been laying the groundwork to contest the election results — refusing to commit to accepting the results, leveling baseless allegations that mail-in balloting will create the ‘the greatest Rigged Election in history.'”