Sources say campaign is concerned that Trump may engage in the kind of self-sabotage that turned off voters in 2020

Donald Trumpā€™s campaign is most concerned going into the debate against Kamala Harris with the former presidentā€™s mood, afraid that the mercurial Trump could engage in the kind of self-sabotage that turned off voters in the 2020 presidential election, according to people familiar with the situation.

The campaignā€™s internal refrain is whether they get ā€œhappy Trumpā€ or ā€œangry Trumpā€, the people said, as they count down the days to perhaps the final presidential debate this cycle.

Tuesday nightā€™s televised debate is widely seen as a crux moment in the rebooted 2024 campaign. Since Joe Biden dropped out of the race after a campaign-killing debate performance crystalized fears over his age and mental acuity, Harris has turned the race on its head.

  • GreenSkree@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Iā€™m convinced our media is hell-bent on promoting Trump at any opportunity.

    I feel like Trump could do anything on that stage and the story pushed out by the media will be some weird criticism about how disappointing Harrisā€™ performance was.

    Like, Trump could answer every single question with a rant about how cheeseburgers just arenā€™t as good as they used to be and no-one would bat an eye. Then the story for weeks will be about how ā€œHarris just wasnā€™t detailed enough about how her economic policies. She didnā€™t even mention how the Distillerā€™s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS)/cash corn ratio would change per week over the next decade or two. Harris clearly is too light on the policy front.ā€

    I hope Iā€™m wrong, but Iā€™ve come to expect the worst from our media lately.

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      2 months ago

      Of course. The media wants outrage, scandals, they want DRAMA. A competent, viable government does not produce those.things, so they love trump. Trump is ratings, even as he burns down our nation and sells the charcoal to foreign countries.