OK, which states? The only plausible candidate that has been suggested is Georgia, where a dumb new law in theory empowers the Republican-majority election board to raise a challenge. That’s it, really.
In terms of election denialism this year, I don’t think Trump is going to try anything beyond his standard pissing and moaning. There may be a rogue actor at the county level here and there, but it won’t make a difference.
Also, we know how Trump thinks and acts. Do you think he’d seem as depressed and manic as he does if he were truly confident that he could just steal the thing later? I think he’d have a glint in his eye and would be dropping some hints about it. He isn’t. I don’t think he has such a plan at all.
Cite for this part? I skimmed the article but didn’t see that.
But yeah, Trump is flailing now. He’s just too old and tired to put any kind of coherent message together, much less figure out how to square the circle of policy so that it appeals to both his base and the general public.
It’s in the article, but frankly I think that part may be sensationalist reporting. My main point was that in trying desperately to broaden his base, he’s pissing off some of the extremists in the MAGA core. It’s a risk you run when you have no principles whatsoever.
Anyway, this was the paragraph from the article:
“Despite facing friendly fire from so-called national conservatives over a recent interview with the venture capitalists on the All-In podcast, former President Donald Trump’s latest insistence that foreign students be compelled to stay in the country after attending an American college exemplifies the former president’s pro-growth strain of ‘America First,’” the article states.
I’m not fooled by a degree from Wharton. Rich boys can pay someone to do their homework and pay off their professors to pass their exams. I don’t believe he cracked a book the entire time he was there.
He isn’t at all smart, but he’s a good con. He makes weak people think he’s strong, poor people think he’s rich, and stupid people think he’s smart. That’s it.
I haven’t the faintest idea. I wasn’t trying to analyze which states might fail to have their electoral votes counted, just that the math doesn’t necessarily require overturning or ignoring the Electoral Count Reform Act for Trump to win.
I am not sure that he lacks the will to win, per se, so much as he’s unwilling to change his strategy. He likes making personal attacks on his opponents, and going to rallies where people cheer for the provocative things he says. He doesn’t want to talk strategies; he wants to say sound bites, complain about how he’s been wronged, and tell stories.
It probably doesn’t help that he also (despite his belief otherwise) has never had a strong work ethic, and seems to be becoming the “low energy” guy that he regularly has mocked others for being.
That’s true, but the scenario isn’t realistic overall.
Trump isn’t playing 9D chess right now. He seems barely able to dress himself and get out the door.
To revisit my OP very quickly: Trump will only win if he limps over the finish line with just enough voters who happen to vote for him in swing states. He’s doing absolutely nothing to increase that total and seems to be actively destroying his chances with his efforts. At the same time, his downside potential remains immense.
A month from now? The September 10 debate in which I fully expect Harris to totally destroy him is barely more than two weeks away. He’ll be trying his usual bullying bullshit but Harris has dealt with that her whole prosecutorial career. I humbly admit that I’m far more impressed with Harris than I ever thought I would be. Trump’s bluster and bullying is no match for her.
Trump can still win. It all depends on how intractably stupid and Fox-News-addled swing state voters are.
If he had the will to win, he would be fine-tuning his strategy, listening with a close ear to his advisors. Holding events with real energy instead of lethargy. Hitting it every day like a mutherfucker and fighting for every vote.
This ain’t that. He was much, much better in 2016 and significantly better in 2020.
Oops, yeah. Utter humiliation and abasement is in store for him.
My expectations were never low, but she has far, far exceeded even those. She came out of gate like a true champion, completely confident and ready. Amazing.
Yeah, this is, in a way, worse than not having the will to change. If he thinks things are going well for him, then great! He will continue his path down the tubes.
I don’t think this is it. Rather, I subscribe to your flop sweat theory. Donald knows that he’s losing ground, and it rankles him.
But he’s a coward who was nearly killed, and who doesn’t pay his bills, so he’s not eager to get on the campaign trail (per his website, his next appearances are not until Thursday and Friday, although he is going to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, respectively).
And that is gong to make him more desperate.
Desperation leads to him saying more unhinged things.
Which is only going to dig his hole deeper, making him more desperate.
Hahahaha, are you even suggesting that Harris could fail on Biden’s level in the debate? I think, at worst for Harris, Trump brings a lot of energy and they end up talking past each other.
But as for Biden’s debate with Trump. I was wrong. Very wrong. The actual situation was so far from my conception of reality that one of the most unusual series of events in American political history ended up happening.
