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Non-Resident Journalism Fellow at @RCLS_NYU. Formerly: @ForeignAffairs, @Just_Security, @ForeignPolicy, and @Politico.

Sep 25, 2020, 7 tweets

A thread about things that might just be related:

Exhibit 1: For some seniors, virus is shifting their views of Trump csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2…

Exhibit 2: America's seniors ebb away from Trump as coronavirus response disappoints theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

Exhibit 3: Trump’s Closing Message to Seniors: I Don’t Care If You Die nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Exhibit 4: Trump Faces Mounting Defections From a Once-Loyal Group: Older White Voters nytimes.com/2020/06/28/us/…

And finally, the latest news.

Exhibit 5: Trump promises seniors $200 prescription drug gift certificates, but questions abound statnews.com/2020/09/24/sen…

Plan would cost $6.6 billion.

"It was not clear where the money for the cards would come from or whether the White House could legally issue them." nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/…

39 days till the election. No new healthcare plan. No pandemic plan ...

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