How NABJ Destroyed Trump

[Quixote1818]

[Blue Owl]

1. He is a monster that must be destroyed

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Anyone still think this press conference was a bad idea?

I recall a lot of misgivings in the run-up to and immediate aftermath of that debacle.

[SARose]

3. He did this deliberately

as a dog whistle for white nationalists. See what I have to put up with from these people? I am MAD.

Keep it up, weirdo. You can’t win with your base.

[surfered]

5. I agree. This was a planned event, he wasn't surprised.

It’s an election strategy. He’s betting the country won’t vote for a black woman.

[SARose]

7. I agree

Plus, I think he also did it for attention. He ruled the media!

[Upthevibe]

11. SARose.......

I don't get that at all....He already has his rabid base who'll vote for him. I don't see how this would be a strategy....

[keithbvadu2]

4. If weird and creepy pansy Donald cannot hold his own against some reporters, imagine how much he will cower before world

If weird and creepy pansy Donald cannot hold his own against some reporters, imagine how much he will cower before world leaders of real power.

DonOld had to run away early because his handlers pulled the plug.

[returnee]

6. His intention was not to win votes...

…or to appear non-racist, imho.
I believe his purpose was to declare that he was NOT concerned with getting more votes than Harris; that his plan is to rely on red state legislators, Boards of Elections, and Attorneys General to mess with the electors contrary to the popular vote counts in their states. That seems to me to be the most plausible conclusion about his behavior.

[Quixote1818]

8. Not sure about that. He attacked Megyn Kelly in the same way and it worked out for him.

His greatest hits of attacking different races and women just aren't working like they used to.

[returnee]

9. Who, in what demographic, ...

…who wasn’t already voting for him, would be moved by his performance there?

[Quixote1818]

10. Are you asking who he thought he could have picked up by talking to the NABJ had he not screwed up?

He thought he was making inroads with black voters. He was thinking that by saying Harris isn't really black, more black people would turn against her. I think he also thought if he attacked blacks to their face he could change the narrative to moderates taking his side because he is white and he just assumes most white people are like him deep down with some racist tendencies.

[returnee]

13. No.

I’m proceeding from what he actually did and said on stage. I am speculating that he never actually thought there was much to gain in this interview. Remember he has repeatedly said, “I don’t need the votes.” He later backed off on that, but it seemed clear to me what he really meant (as I originally stated). I think he was conveying confidence that he didn’t need votes because of his plan to obstruct the counting of the proper counting of electoral college votes.

[Upthevibe]

12. returnee...........

I completely agree with you. I don't see a strategy here. IMHO, if anything, it made him look even worse to everybody...(except, of course, his rabid base).