Kamala Harris has undeniably made waves on the scene of the 2024 presidential election and her success is reportedly leaving Trump snarling about his own campaign staff in closed-door calls to allies and friends, according to bombshell new reporting from the Washington Post.
“Trump now finds himself back in a dead-even contest and with new signs of strain in his orbit. In the face of new Democratic momentum, he has grown increasingly upset about Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Biden on the ticket, complaining relentlessly and asking friends about how his campaign is performing, according to five people close to the campaign,” the Post reports, adding, “Friends, Mar-a-Lago members, and donors have logged their concerns with Trump, who then tells them to others, according to three people close to him. U.S. Senate allies and others are trying to get Trump focused on attacking Harris.”
WaPo goes on to reveal that in a recent phone call to a close ally, Trump whined, “It’s unfair that I beat him [Joe Biden] and now I have to beat her, too.”
“It has left people close to the campaign wondering why Trump and his team seemed ill-prepared,” the report explains.
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Longtime GOP strategist Kevin Madden said, “What’s happened in the last couple of weeks is we actually have a real race. This is a real presidential campaign. The Biden-Trump version of this was one event a week by each candidate, very rarely on the campaign trail, and no real engagement. Now this is going to be one of those campaigns where strategies matter, resources matter, time matters, and there is not much room for error.”
It’s certainly clear that Trump and his people were wholly unprepared for just how successful Harris and her new running mate would be, and it’s beginning to look at those Donald knows he cannot and will not land back on his feet in time for November.
Find the full report from The Washington Post here.
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