according to the magazine’s October issue.“This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly,” the magazine’s endorsement reads.RELATED: California governor gently confronts Trump on climate changeThe science publication stated that President Donald Trump “has badly damaged” the United States, citing what the magazine said is scientific evidence to back the claims.“The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September,” the magazine said.