It would be hard to imagine a more favorable set of circumstances for his election. An assassination attempt ends in a nicked ear. His opponent freezes in geriatric trance in the first debate. The Democrats elevate a woman who is almost universally disliked to replace Biden.
Trump counters that by never using the assassination attempt to pivot. He delivers a boring, long, bankrupt acceptance speech. Chooses an inexperienced unknown as his running mate. And then largely disappears from the national stage for a month as Harris is transformed from unlikeable radical to a new person who is more pro business than Biden.
Then the debate….endless vilification of immigrants, pet eating, no prosecution of Biden’s terrible inflation record, nothing intelligent on the Ukraine …except he’ll magically end it, and no personality. No humor, no animation.
The thought occurs that perhaps the last four years have been more fun than actually being President. Sure he doesn’t want to lose, but does he want to win…he sure isn’t acting like it.
He needs to get rid of Matt Gaetz, bring in a few political pros and stop saying stupid incendiary things if he wants to win. But does he, it was not exactly clear in a debate where a candidate did more to torpedo himself than any other debate I can remember.