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Economy in shambles, Trump scrambles for new 2020 message

WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump battled impeachment early this year, his reelection campaign staff blasted out Facebook ads, texts and emails to donors and supporters, arguing that he was delivering gonzo job figures and a soaring stock market in the face of bitter partisan obstruction.

Those ads drew Trump's highest audiences on Facebook, his campaign's chief advertising platform, which it has used to test out thousands of messages and images since the 2016 election.

Now with the nation's economy reeling, more than 10 million Americans out of work and the stock market plummeting 30%, Trump and his aides are struggling to find a new message he can take to Americans for the November election.

"Five weeks ago, it was all going to be

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