Donald Trump is struggling

[marmar]

Donald Trump is struggling
In the weeks since Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Trump has been flailing trying to find his footing against Kamala Harris.

Aug. 9, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
By Hayes Brown, MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor


Former President Donald Trump is struggling. It’s been evident for weeks now. The glow hadn’t yet faded on his triumphant performance at the Republican National Convention when President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign. Since then, Trump has had to face a resurgent opponent with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. And, friends, let me tell you, he is not happy about it.

Most infuriating to Trump is his campaign being in a position it has rarely been in: chasing the spotlight. Rather than setting the media’s agenda every day, he’s been forced to watch as Harris has sucked up all the oxygen in the room. The horrible rollout of his own running mate, Sen. JD Vance, of Ohio, has only highlighted how energized Democratic voters have become. Worst of all for Trump, Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, have been drawing massive crowds, a fact that had Trump fuming at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday.

Trump hasn’t been doing himself many favors in this post-Biden campaign. While Harris and Walz are crisscrossing six swing states introducing themselves this week, Trump is mostly off the campaign trail. His sudden decision to hold a press event was a clear attempt to draw the focus back to himself, an attempt that will likely prove to be less effective than it’s been in the past.

The problem is that Trump and his campaign spent the last several years preparing to run against Biden and are having difficulty shifting gears, despite having reportedly laid some groundwork to face Harris ahead of the swap. This new reality hasn’t set well with Trump at all, who complained (incorrectly) at his news conference that it’s unconstitutional for Harris to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee. It appears that, without Biden as a foil, candidate Trump no longer knows who he is. In a sign that everything is totally cool and normal with him, Trump launched into a bit of Biden fanfiction on TruthSocial earlier this week, speculating that the president might try to seize back the nomination at the Democratic National Convention this month. ...............(more)

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-news-conference-kamabla-harris-rcna165636

[tanyev]

1. So the guy he says is too cognitively impaired to do much of anything will try to seize the nomination back???

Donny, even your fanfic sucks.

[displacedvermoter]

2. What "triumphant performance at the

Republican National Convention" is the writer referring to? His rambling acceptance speech was universally panned, as was the speech of his dud VP choice. The highlight speakers all sucked. The celebrity presence was headlined by Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock. And the conventioneers were as hateful and unattractive a bunch of people as a TV camera could capture.

There was no "glow" to fade, except maybe in the minds eye of the collective media who always hoped for Trump to be reelected, for sick reasons of their own.

Stupid.

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. The best part of the RNC convention was the advertisements for Brawndo.

[Initech]

4. Yup, his personal megaphone (Fox News) can only carry him so far.

The rest of us are seeing what a true blithering idiot and psychopath he really is.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. This in not 2016.

The air is different this time around.

CF#45 is facing a different breed of woman. A woman who has women supporting her in ways not seen before. Hillary Clinton started something she can be proud of. Kamala Harris is continuing what Hillary Clinton started with a vigor and focus that has caught the MAGAts off guard.

I was in shock when Joe decided to drop out and pass the Baton to Kamala Harris. But I am more hopeful for the future, my daughter's, and Granddaughters' futures. The excitement has reinvigorated the Democratic Party like since 2008. Voters have a reason to vote and show up in overwhelming numbers not only to make history in electing the FIRST woman of African(Jamaican and Indian ancestry), but for FREEDOMS and RIGHTS!

The messaging for the Harris/Walz ticket is resonating with voters. We as a party FINALLY have the narrative and WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!