After months of denial, President Donald Trump has finally begun to acknowledge the grim reality of the novel coronavirus pandemic.<br />It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. President Donald Trump White House press briefing<br />It took a surge of nearly two million coronavirus cases over the last month — and the spate of devastating polls that ensued -- for Trump to pivot.<br />Trump is now trailing Biden by double digits with an average deficit of 12 percentage points.<br />Democratic opponent Joe Biden is handily leading Trump by 12 points in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota.<br />And just 38% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the pandemic -- with 60% disapproving.<br />Those in Trump's inner circle have warned him that his political prospects were increasingly linked to his performance in the crisis.
