“Analysis: US to hit 200k dead; Trump sees no need for regret.”

Margaret Thompson, associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Associated Press article “Analysis: US to hit 200k dead; Trump sees no need for regret.” Thompson, who studies American government and politics, says that Trump evaluates everything based on how it may affect his own electability and popularity. “He sees everything, including the implications of this terrible virus, in terms of his own political and personal success,” says Thompson.