The below linked Vanity Fair piece asks the question ….
Has Donald J. Tump had enough and IS actually trying to get off the treadmill of politics?….
Gabriel Sherman: “Republican donors and Trump campaign officials are struggling to understand why Trump seems to be sabotaging his own candidacy. One theory, according to sources, is that Trump has been experiencing trauma from his near-death experience following the assassination attempt at the rally last month in Butler, Pennsylvania.”
Said one Republican close to the campaign: “He’s been watching that seven-second clip of how close he was to getting shot right in the head—over and over and over again. He may actually legit have PTSD.”
“Another theory is that Trump can’t let go of the fact that Biden dropped out. ‘They cheated by swapping Biden,’ Trump has told people, according to a person who recently spent time with the Republican presidential nominee. The Trump campaign believed that Harris’s honeymoon would fade, but instead, the opposite has happened: Her momentum is surging.”
“Trump’s advisers have implored him to launch policy attacks on Harris instead of using juvenile nicknames like Laffin Kamala and Kamabla. Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone is among those who want Trump to change tactics.”
image…Salon
My Name Is Jack says
Fanciful garbage.
jamesb says
Maybe….
But the old-timer ain’t in it right now…..
Another fumble mouthed presser?
Give me a damn break…..
My Name Is Jack says
Tell me
What “ break” do you want?
jamesb says
Look at the man…..
He’s DONE…..
jamesb says
Hey Jack?
Do YOU think Harris is ahead of Trump and CAN Win come November?
My Name Is Jack says
I think the race is essentially even at this point.
Of course Harris” can’ win.
I’m not one of these people who gets all excited about these insignificant one and two point polling “ leads”( like you are).Show me a five or more point lead and I will show an interest.
Your silly dismissal of Trump as having “ given up”because he is making crazy statements ?Whats new? He’s been doing that for eight years now.Republicans want him to talk about “ policies?Oh he can do that for s few minutes ,maybe ,but then he’s going to revert to the lies,the personal attacks,etc.Its what his audience want and while I utterly detest the thief ,I’ll give him that.He knows what the cult wants.
We have less than three months to go but that can be an eternity in politics.Show me some polls around Halloween.Until then?
I will treat your hyperbolic outburst with the same interest I would have at watching a small child scream with delight at watching a circus act.
Carry on!
Ghost of SE says
He has time to turn it around. It remains to be seen if he has the ability.
jamesb says
Ok guys?
Kamala Harris IS LEADING this race RIGHT NOW….
The tied Bull Shit is just That
When Trump was in the same place people were talking about leaving the country
Just about EVERY damn poll has Harris up over the MOE’s
She is leading in enough states to clinch the EV Right now ….
I could be wrong
But i Still feel deep down?
Donald Trump WANTS to get off the treadmill…
And he’s working at it every day……
jamesb says
The lead isn’t HUGE…..
But she’s the LEADER…..
GOPer’s ARE worried….
Dem’s are jubilent ….
The Dynamic HAS SHIFTED by 180 Degree’s….
There is going to be. Democratic Convention next week….
Harris will ger a even Bigger ‘Bounce’….
She and Walz will have to make sure that in the last70 or so days of the campaign she can keep her Political ‘WAVE” rolling….
jamesb says
Trump Not Listening to Allies
Aaron Blake: “Recent days have featured a familiar sight: a coterie of Trump allies taking to broadcast outlets like Fox News, seemingly to send a message to Trump — in the apparent belief that this is how you get through to the cable-news-junkie former president. They’ve practically begged him to change it up. They’ve sought to push him away from talk of crowd sizes and personal attacks on Harris, and toward policy.”
“But whether because he refuses to or he can’t, that message is going unheeded by the ‘audience of one.’”