would listen to them and behave, rather than, say,
pursuing a vendetta against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the
scientist held in far higher public regard, or hyping
dubious reports about Hunter Biden’s work in
Ukraine, which some experts suspect may be Russian
disinformation. Trump needs to “stop whining
about people picking on him or trying to steal the
election,” says Republican strategist Charlie Black.
“What he’s got to do is talk about the economy, talk
about packing the Supreme Court, and little else.”
Trump’s own aides privately admit that his touring
schedule is as much about keeping the President
busy and emotionally satisfied as it is an actual
political strategy.
So many things have happened, yet nothing ever
seems to change. We have been through a lot since
2016: the shocks, the scandals, the protests and
riots, the hundreds of thousands dead and millions
out of work. The travel ban, Robert Mueller, kids
in cages, covfefe and Sharpiegate, Stormy Daniels
and Kim Jong Un, disinfectant injections, Kanye
West, emoluments, impeachment. Very fine peo-
ple on both sides. A debate where the candidates
and moderator spend the whole time yelling at each
other and then one winds up in the hospital. The
past four years have been a political fever dream, a
man-bites-dog story where no one can agree which
side is the dog and which is the man. A large swath
of the public has become convinced that Democrats
are in league with a Satan- worshipping pedophilia
cult, and Trump won’t say it’s not true, because that
swath of the public loves him.
Everything has gone screwy, and anything could
happen. This is the biggest difference from 2016:^
Biden campaigns at
a drive-in rally in
Detroit on Oct. 16