I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm Ross Douthand.

I'm David Leonhardt.

And this is the argument.

This week, is President Trump using coronavirus

to get back at his detractors?

Date officials believe that if they criticize Trump

or fail to praise him sufficiently,

they might not get the aid that they need.

Then, Times' opinion columnist Frank Bruney

joins us for a discussion about what Joe Biden should be doing right now.

Joe Biden needs above all to be patient,

and that's not a word that comes into political discourse a whole lot.

And finally, a recommendation.

President Trump's response to the coronavirus

continues to oscillate between serious

and not serious at all.

He has finally been persuaded to keep the country

largely shut down through the end of April,

but he also continues to make wild accusations,

like when he suggested this week that hospitals weren't actually using the masks

that they were receiving.

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