Gabriel Sherman: “Republican donors and Trump campaign officials are struggling to understand why Trump seems to be sabotaging his own candidacy. One theory, according to sources, is that Trump has been experiencing trauma from his near-death experience following the assassination attempt at the rally last month in Butler, Pennsylvania.”
Said one Republican close to the campaign: “He’s been watching that seven-second clip of how close he was to getting shot right in the head—over and over and over again. He may actually legit have PTSD.”
“Another theory is that Trump can’t let go of the fact that Biden dropped out. ‘They cheated by swapping Biden,’ Trump has told people, according to a person who recently spent time with the Republican presidential nominee. The Trump campaign believed that Harris’s honeymoon would fade, but instead, the opposite has happened: Her momentum is surging.”
“Trump’s advisers have implored him to launch policy attacks on Harris instead of using juvenile nicknames like Laffin Kamala and Kamabla. Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone is among those who want Trump to change tactics.”
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