How 'lazy' and 'undisciplined' Trump is treating his final campaign push 'like a joke': analysis

21 Oct 2024, 14:45 by https://www.facebook.com/17108852506 · AlterNet

Donald Trump in Glendale, Arizona on August 23, 2024 (Gage Skidmore)
Alex Henderson
October 21, 2024Election 2024

With the United States' 2024 presidential election only 15 days away, the race continues to be a real nailbiter and has no clear frontrunner.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump by 1 percent in recent national polls from USA Today/Suffolk University and Emerson College, yet Trump is ahead by 1 percent in a TIPP poll released on October 21. Polls of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and other key swing states are also showing a very close race.

In an article published by the conservative website The Bulwark on October 21, journalist A.B. Stoddard emphasizes that Trump is becoming "increasingly incoherent and unstable" during the final weeks of the election — yet remains "obsessed with winning."

Stoddard explains, "Last week, he pulled out of scheduled interviews with NBC and CNBC and an appearance at an NRA event, raising questions about his physical and mental state. He is clearly tired. After Politico reported Friday, (October 18) that someone on his campaign said Trump is 'exhausted,' he appeared to fall asleep at a campaign event that day."

Stoddard goes on to detail more examples of how "lazy" and "undisciplined" Trump has been during "the last stage of the campaign."

"He taunted his fat supporters over the weekend with a call for their wives to get the 'pigs' off the couch to vote for him," Stoddard observes. "In recent days, he has suggested Abraham Lincoln should have 'settled' the Civil War. He said Harris should be investigated and removed from the ticket because '60 Minutes' edited their interview with her."

Stoddard continues, "He said he would demand, in a conversation with Rupert Murdoch, that Fox News stop running ads he doesn't like, and cut appearances with guests who support Harris, for the remainder of the campaign…. Facing a staggering gender gap, Trump called Harris 'a s*** vice president' on Saturday night, (October 19), two days after crapping on Nikki Haley, whom his campaign is hoping to include at a rally in the next two weeks."

Trump, according to Stoddard, is "used to sycophants" and isn't making a real effort to win over "undecided voters."

"While Trump has called this campaign 'the final battle,'" Stoddard notes, "he is treating it almost like a joke. The recklessness he exhibited in October makes it clear he is more unmoored from reality than we previously thought. His victory would be ever more dangerous than what we have feared."

A.B. Stoddard's full article for The Bulwark is available at this link.