(CNN) In the final, furious days of his reelection campaign, President Donald Trump often turned his public rallies into personal therapy sessions, at which the embattled and embittered President rued what might have been. Autopsies examining why Trump became the first president in 28 years to lose reelection may list Covid-19 as the proximate cause. Donald Trump defeated Donald Trump. Trump not only inflamed his own base but inspired a massive coalition of Americans, determined to end his stormy, divisive rule. The crisis made the cost of his chaotic, desultory approach to governing clear, as cases skyrocketed -- and more than 230,000 Americans lost their lives and millions lost their livelihoods.

Source: The Nation November 07, 2020 17:06 UTC