Trump's only path to re-election is to convince the public he halted the pandemic crisis he created:

[UCmeNdc]

According to a columnist at the conservative Bulwark, Donald Trump is already setting in motion a plan to turn the coronavirus crisis he had a major hand in creating into a plus for his re-election campaign that appears endangered as the U.S. economy is collapsing.

With the president hijacking the daily White House coronavirus task force press briefings and turning them into his personal “Showtime,” columnist Richard North Patterson pointed out that Trump is engaging in a pattern of lies and personal grievances that have always played well with his rabid base.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trumps-only-path-to-re-election-is-to-convince-the-public-he-halted-the-pandemic-crisis-he-created-columnist/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He sure as hell isn't going to halt it if he insists on opening everything up by Easter.

8 million dead won't look good for his election prospects - and they won't all be useless old people.

[procon]

2. Trump's already launched a misinformation campaign

to blame the onset of the corona virus on China as if it was some intentional plot to make him look bad. Of course he has already exonerated himself of any wrong doing by declaring he has no responsibility for anything that happens on his watch.

His zombie cult will believe that, eager for four more years of Trump's stunning incompetence.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. His base probably thinks he already has.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. The plan:

(1) Rewrite history.

(2) Run a full-blown con about all the things he's doing, with the emphasis on "he" -- no one else is doing anything

(3) Attack -- with the help of Fox News and all his media and congressional cult members -- anyone who disagrees with him, even if it's to present actual facts. Dr. Fauci comes to mind. I doubt we'll ever see him on stage during the daily rallies in the press room. Also attack those who are actually leading, like Gov. Cuomo.

(4) "Only I can fix it. If I'm not president you will die."