Donald Trump Is a Terrible Person. But He Won’t Be Beaten on That Basis Alone.
Even Donald Trump’s supporters know he is a terrible person. To ensure his resounding defeat, Democrats need to focus on bread-and-butter economic issues.

Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on September 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)
Donald Trump is not just an awful president — he is an awful human being. He is a liar, a philanderer, a bigot, and a sexist. He has spent a lifetime reveling in his own moral corruption, in both his business and personal life. The one abiding consistency of Donald Trump’s political career is that the bar can always go lower.
Last month’s outrage was the news that in February he told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward the coronavirus was a serious pandemic, while downplaying the deadliness of the disease in public. Earlier that month, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reported that Trump had referred to dead soldiers as “losers” and “suckers.”
But none of these stories provide new insights into Trump. Voters, even his supporters, have a clear understanding of who he is. According to polls, just 52 percent of Trump voters describe him as a “good person.”