In public, the Trump campaign boasts of 2016. In private, recriminations are beginning about a potential loss for a candidate who sees himself as his own strategist and believes the solution for almost all problems is more of himself @alexburnsNYT and me nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
Advisers see rallies as a way to keep Trump happy and tweeting less. But the travel schedule is shifting frequently and Trump wants to make personal and less-than-ideal diversions, like a trip he may make to SC for Graham this week nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
They see the next few days through Friday, when the debate has happened, as the last likely chance to change the trajectory of a remarkably stable race. But Trump isn't planning debate prep like he did before, aides say nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
There is a lot of frustration at Meadows over how Trump hospitalization was handled. And there's growing anger on the Hill that the WH has not driven consistent message around Barrett nom (which also serves to remind folks of a superspreader COVID event) nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
"From the start, the campaign has never had a dominant strategist — that role has always been played by a president with a dim view of the political professional class." nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
"his campaign appears to be concentrating its advertising on a handful of states that provide a slim route to an Electoral College victory: the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Florida, Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, as well as Pennsylvania, the largest Northern swing state"
The president's aides and advisers are prepared for the likelihood of a bigger popular vote loss than last time, and still hopeful he can eke out an electoral college win. nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
People inside the campaign and White House, when inside the travel bubble with Trump, are convinced he has a decent chance of winning. When they step outside it, they're far more uncertain. nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/…
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