New York Times: “President Trump’s announcement early Friday that he had contracted the coronavirus upended the presidential race in an instant, inviting significant questions about his cavalier attitude toward the pandemic and the future of his campaign just 32 days before the election. Mr. Trump had already been trailing in the polls to Joseph R. Biden Jr., in part because of his mishandling of a virus that has unsettled the day-to-day lives of voters for over six months. He compounded his difficulties by disregarding and at times belittling the basic precautions, such as wearing a mask, that his health advisers were urging Americans to take to protect themselves.”
“Now, though, his personal indifference toward the virus could threaten his own health, the stability of the country and his already dimming hopes for re-election. As stock futures fell overnight Friday, strategists in both parties and even senior aides to Mr. Trump said the president would face a harsh judgment from voters for throwing the country into greater uncertainty after one of the most trying years in American history. ‘It’s hard to imagine this doesn’t end his hopes of re-election,’ said Rob Stutzman, a Republican consultant, pointing to Mr. Trump’s ‘flaunting of obvious precautions.'”