© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LPTen days after the 2020 presidential election, President Trump has still not conceded and daily Covid-19 cases have reached a daily record high of 145,000. “Despite the pandemic, despite the economic decline, despite the impeachment, despite the tax issues, despite the Mueller investigation, Trump actually did incredibly well. He has a very hardcore base.” As of November 12, Trump has received 72.1 million votes, the most votes an incumbent president has ever received. Rubenstein also expects Biden to focus on healthcare legislation and other initiatives to address income inequality, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Says Rubenstein: “Donald Trump is different than any other former president we will have had at least in a century.

Source: Forbes November 12, 2020 19:52 UTC