Trump seems to be absent from Swing Voters Eyes….

That’s what Dan Pfeiffer thinks over at the Message Box…..

Image THIS?

Donald Trump actually hiding from the main stream media….

NOT going to the states that he REALLY needs for a Win?

NOT something someone who would think they were in the LEAD would do, eh?

Or?

Does Trump think he’s GOT those swing states (‘His brain is melting?’)?

 

Long before he entered politics, Donald Trump’s life philosophy was “There is no such thing as bad press.” All attention was good attention. He rose to fame and entered the White House, not through hard work, intelligence, or grit but by dominating the conversation. In the 80s and 90s, Trump ruled the tabloids. In the early 2000s, he dominated reality TV; by the 2010s, he was using Twitter to make the press and politicians follow his every whim.

In addition to the business and political benefits, Trump clearly thirsts for media attention and approbation in ways that speak to a sad, lonely existence defined by insecurity and inadequacy (Obama hit the nail on the head).

But now, in the final stretch of the 2024 election, Trump’s strategy is to hide himself from the swing voters.

Trump recently pulled out of a 60 Minutes interview. The CBS program is the gold standard of broadcast news, and it’s the exact sort of establishment outlet Trump desperately sought out in the past. Not this time. Not only did he turn it down, he ceded an hour of primetime coverage to Kamala Harris. More than five million people watched the 60 Minutes election special. Turning down that opportunity could not be more out of character.

Longtime Trump watchers assumed he would eventually acquiesce to a second debate because how could he turn his back on a chance to appear before 70 million people? But alas, Trump turned down the CNN debate last week and declared there would be no rematch. CNN immediately offered Harris and Trump primetime town halls. Harris accepted; Trump has not.

As Ammar Moussa, Kamala Harris’s Director of Rapid Response, pointed out onTwitter, Trump hasn’t done a mainstream press interview in a month; and his last 26 interviews were with conservative media and podcasters. Trump’s newfound reticence is in particular contrast with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s recent media blitz.

Trump’s campaign thinks their best path to victory is for swing voters to see as little of Trump as possible. This is, of course, a counterintuitive approach for any candidate, let alone someone with Trump’s insatiable need for attention….

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