US President Donald Trump enters the week hoping to rebound from one of the lowest points of his presidency as recent polls show that 8 in 10 Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Trump got a boost late last week with a better-than-expected jobs report, but he-s struggling to show consistent leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the related economic fallout and nationwide protests against police brutality.

Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democrats- presidential nomination and begun to venture out beyond his basement home studio, but amid competing national crises that focus attention on actual governance the 2020 election continues to be all about Trump. Last week-s jobs report was a desperately needed bright spot for the Republican president as a growing set of polls show him trailing Biden less than five months before Election Day.