Some of Trump’s closest advisers had publicly advocated for the return of briefings led by the president, who has slid against Democratic rival Joe Biden in recent polls.
Trump told Fox News Channel this weekend it's too early to make such an ironclad guarantee and scoffed at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden.
His comments four months from Election Day amounted to a direct appeal to the political base, including many disaffected white votes, that carried him to the White House in 2016.
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