Coronavirus gives Trump reason not to run for reelection

It’s time for President Trump to imitate Lyndon Baines Johnson and stun the world by announcing he won’t run for reelection.

President Johnson made his famous announcement on March 31, 1968, less than a month earlier in the election year than Trump is right now. He did so as the nation faced a major crisis, as his own poll numbers were declining but not yet disastrous, and as people were questioning whether his actions related to the crisis were made with as much consideration of politics as of the best policy choices. He did so while knowing many still saw him as a slight favorite for reelection in the fall despite it all, but that his participation in the race might divert some of his efforts from governing to campaigning.