For much of the nation's 100 days at war with the coronavirus, Donald Trump has been a commander in chief in search of an exit strategy.

The president has suggested the virus will simply disappear, touted unproven treatments as miracle cures, and fantasized about a future of economic resurgence and rapid return to normalcy.

Yet as the White House shifts its focus away from the public health response and toward rebuilding an economy ravaged by the pandemic, there remains little clear sense - even within his own administration - of how close the U.S. is to victory, and what "winning" the war even looks like.

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