He did little to quell reports that he is melting down over Harris’s poll numbers.

Amidst reports that he hasĀ becomeĀ ungluedby having to compete withĀ Kamala Harris for the presidency,Ā Donald TrumpĀ held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. And if the goal was to reassure people that (1) he is not at all freaked out by the vice president’sĀ rising poll numbersĀ and (2) he is the best candidate for the White House, he was not exactly successful!

Trump repeatedly insulted Harris’s intelligence, calling her ā€œbarely competent,ā€ saying that she ā€œcan’t do a news conferenceā€ because ā€œshe’s not smart enough,ā€ and claiming that she’s ā€œnot as smartā€ asĀ Joe Biden. (As a reminder, TrumpĀ thinksĀ there were airports during the Revolutionary War and that it’sĀ safe to inject bleachĀ into the body; he’s also beenĀ describedĀ as an idiot by numerous people who worked for him.)