Allies Plead with Trump to Stay on Message

CNN: “Appearing dazed and flustered by an unfamiliar and fast-changing political landscape, Trump in response has unleashed a torrent of mean-spirited missives, race-baiting insults and conspiratorial broadsides that even close allies and donors acknowledge as unproductive.”

“Some have privately expressed serious concerns that the former president’s recent inability to stay on message has wasted an early opportunity to blunt the momentum of his new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.”

Said one source close to Trump: “Guess what? This is a different race now. The Democrats are energized. They have a massive machine — and she’s raising money, and she can put a coherent argument against him.”