The coronavirus pandemic has confronted Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump with different kinds of troubles. We examine how Newsom faces the hands-on matters that Trump has long avoided–opening schools, finding masks and other supplies, rising infection rates. Trump’s problem is simpler but harder to solve, getting re-elected. That is why, we observe, he is now portraying himself as the man in charge of stopping the pandemic and imposing his version of law and order on cities that are run by Democrats.
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