"The extent of the president’s role in forging the deal was not immediately clear. But he was eager to claim credit at a time when he has been struggling with a deadly pandemic and an economic collapse amid a re-election contest in which he trails his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., by double digits in a series of polls.
He was surrounded in the Oval Office by a large delegation of aides and officials who heaped praise on him..."
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Date: 2020-08-13 05:30 pm (UTC)"The extent of the president’s role in forging the deal was not immediately clear. But he was eager to claim credit at a time when he has been struggling with a deadly pandemic and an economic collapse amid a re-election contest in which he trails his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., by double digits in a series of polls.
He was surrounded in the Oval Office by a large delegation of aides and officials who heaped praise on him..."