Donald Trump and Covid-19: how might this affect his chances of re-election?
On the one hand, campaigning is physically demanding, requiring a healthy body; on the other, US presidential candidates who were ill have often won an election
05 October 2020 - 07:00
With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election, contracting the virus could have politically positive or negative consequences for President Donald Trump.
These will, of course, be contingent on how severe the president’s illness becomes. But we should not count him out and Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden in just yet...
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