Trump is a strong president because in some ways he likes to have a foe, a foil, an enemy, an adversary—somebody he can go against, whether it be Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer, and he can give them derogatory nicknames. That's in his element, that's where he feels most comfortable, that's where he feels most confident, that's where he manages to set the tone of the dialogue. He commands the dialogue in a way that nobody else can, partly because he's president and partly because of the force of his approach. It doesn't work with a virus. It doesn't work with a pandemic. He can't tweet it away. He can't bully it away. He can't talk it away.

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Wendy Weiser is the director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. She is on the front lines fighting to expand voting rights and protect the legitimacy of our elections — and she posts informative content to keep us all up to speed on the latest developments. Follow her @WendyRWeiser