I Fear Trump Will Exploit His COVID Infection to Further Destabilize the Election

How will President Trump’s revelation that he tested positive for COVID-19 affect the presidential race? Acclaimed journalist, author, and activist Naomi Klein warns that the Trump campaign is likely to exploit the news.

“We need to be prepared for the president using the fact that he’s having to cancel campaign events for two weeks to try to further delegitimize elections,” she says.

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