Trump Ratchets Up Wooing of His Base With WHO Threat, Unproven Drug

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Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following the weekly Senate Republican caucus luncheon at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on May 19.Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

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By Justin Sink

May 20, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC

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May 20, 2020 at 11:59 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump delivered a pair of personal and political gestures this week that seized on his core voters’ mistrust of international institutions and skepticism of science, heightened amid the coronavirus pandemic.