Trump likely can't win without veteran support

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/07/politics/donald-trump-election-2020-veterans/index.html

President Donald Trump has been on the defensive since Thursday over an article in The Atlantic magazine that alleged, among other things, that he used derogatory language about fallen US soldiers.

While Trump has forcefully denied that reporting, CNN has largely confirmed it, as have Fox News, the Associated Press, the New York Times and the Washington Post in part.

We obviously don't know what effect, if any, these stories will have on the 2020 campaign and Trump's chances of winning a second term.

What we do know is Trump relies on active military members and veterans as a base of support, and any degradation of that backing is bad for him. Further, Trump wants to put former Vice President Joe Biden on the defensive, and this story does the opposite of that.