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

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

Donald Trump’s campaign is most concerned going into the debate against Kamala Harris with the former president’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 campaign’s internal refrain is whether they get “happy Trump” or “angry Trump”, the people said, as they count down the days to perhaps the final presidential debate this cycle.

Tuesday night’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.

  • Aniki 🌱🌿English
    27·
    8 days ago

    I’m so torn on watching or just wait till the postmortem highlights. There’s so many cons about watching live – listening to the whole pointless charade, having to spend an extra amount of time thinking about Trump, and being bombarded by commercials… I fucking hate broadcast TV.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      15·
      8 days ago

      I haven’t watched any of Trump’s speeches. I leave it to those with stronger stomachs to report for me.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿English
        6·
        8 days ago

        The only time I allowed that cunt to enter my earholes I spent the entire time counting the complete sentences since they were so few and far between. Still only lasted about 5 minutes before I decided that literally anything else would be a better use of my time, including staring at the same screen only powered off.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      8 days ago

      That’s usually my strategy, but this is the first debate in a long time that I think will be something other than a slow-motion car crash on both sides of the stage.

      This time, it’s going to be a sprint race between a competently-assembled car and a dumpster full of used fry oil that someone lit on fire. I’m anticipating that it’s going to have a TON of absurdly hilarious and memeable moments.