Susan Glasser“Do I need to be any clearer? America, you are being trolled.”
“The point here is simple: Mr. Trump’s efforts over the past 24 hours to shift the political debate to his own false and offensive claims about the Vice President’s race may be a political disaster, but it is not a coincidence, a blunder or a disorganized misstep. It is as absurd as buying into the credulous sales pitch in 2024 that Mr. Trump’s near-death encounter with an assassin’s bullet has reborn him as the eternal unifying candidate. Even Mr. Trump couldn’t help but scoff at his adviser’s absurd statements…”
“Trump is Trump. The attack on Harris is a textbook example of how he approaches politics, combining his belief in the strategic power of racist bait to mobilize his supporters with his favorite tactic for breaking the cycle of bad news: changing the topic to something even more outrageous. Every minute spent discussing Harris’ race, or his own stupidity in bringing it up, is a minute not spent on Trump’s own failings: his advanced age and apparent unfitness for the presidency, his legal charges and convictions, his wayward running mate and his party’s far-right policies.”
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