Focusing on reelection isn't easy for Trump when he has a distraction like Joe Biden
begin by recounting how the president has taken to calling old advisers late at night to get their opinion on his chances against Biden and to vent about the Democratic front-runner, whom he has called “too old” and “not as popular as people think.” More important, however, is how Trump’s anxieties are potentially frustrating aides attempting to run a functional campaign:Tony Fabrizio,
Mr. Trump told aides to deny that his internal polling showed him trailing Mr. Biden in many of the states he needs to win, even though he is also trailing in public polls from key states like Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. And when top-line details of the polling leaked, including numbers showing the president lagging in a cluster of critical Rust Belt states, Mr. Trump instructed aides to say publicly that other data showed him doing well.
An inability to grapple honestly with hard truths is just one component of the Biden conundrum. While Biden distracts Trump, aides say, he also “needs an identifiable opponent to keep his interest and who has been alternately engrossed in and detached from his re-election effort.” Otherwise he loses focus:his campaign manager, Mr. Trump was consistently distracted and wanted to discuss other things, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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