Chewybunny wrote:
Yes. If Trump loses again, and this time with significant enough margins and no apparent shenanigans, he will be viewed by his party as a losing horse. Walz was a good choice in that he comes off closer to the average working class person that the Democrats have spent a decade and a half pushing away. Shapiro would have been potentially a better option, however.
Trump can still win it, but he needs to realign and he's not good at that. He needs to listen to his campaign staff and not self sabotage. Because holy shit Trump's biggest weakness is sometimes he's a victim of his own success.
Take the absolute devastation he wrought on Biden during the debates. And hammered hard how Biden's mental capacity isn't even thereā¦but could never have predicted that he would drop the race entirely. Now Trump is in shambles over it.
Or take the assassination attempt that he absolutely took full advantage of, that it would almost guarantee his election, and the GOPs reaction to it and conspiracies over poor handling by the secret service. Now they are overly cautious and won't let him do many outdoor rallies which he absolutely loves and feeds on.
Or hell operation warpspeed.
How exactly could he use the assassination attempt to his advantage now? The shooter doesn't fit any profile he could use to blame Democrats for, and we know very little that made his motive anything other than targeting Trump because he happened to be the nearest famous person to him.