In the middle of Donald Trump’s press conference, one of his assistants posted on X a montage of television screens broadcasting it live. “Wall to wall. Kamala Harris can’t do this,” she wrote.
It was once a boast that Team Trump didn’t have to make, but the visibility contest has changed.
While the new Democratic ticket enjoys a honeymoon trip through the swing states, Mr Trump finds himself on the wrong side of a split-screen election campaign.
The heavy lifting has been left to his running mate, JD Vance, who organizes “dual rallies” while following his opponents around the country.
Harris-Walz’s enthusiasm for the show doesn’t lighten her burden.
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference was aimed at putting him back in the spotlight and in the game: He’s playing it by ear.
Having moved away from the idea of one television debate, he now suggests three. Mrs. Harris has agreed on one, on September 10.
Trump’s change in plan is a measure of how the personnel change has changed the presidential race; a Democratic surge in the polls is another.
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The public deserves questions asked of Ms. Harris
Trump criticized Harris for not conducting interviews. In fact, there are legitimate questions to ask a vice president who hasn’t done a single interview since it became clear she would be the nominee.
Your team is talking about arranging a joint interview with Ms. Harris and Tim Walzher running mate, in “a few weeks,” adding that she had been busy with other matters.
While it is clear why the Democratic Party wants its candidacy to ride the wave of party rallies and conventions safely, it is unacceptable to keep the voting public waiting. They deserve independent and regular questioning to inform their decision, and there are certainly questions to ask Ms. Harris, including her U-turns over the years on issues like fracking and defunding the police, to name a few. only two.
Trump says a debate will give him a chance to explore the issues. When the time comes, he will have enough advisers urging him to sell a strong conservative message on voters’ priorities: the economy, crime and immigration.
They were involved in their press conference in Florida, albeit wrapped in a series of falsehoods.
He said “no one was murdered on January 6” when, in fact, nine deaths have been linked to the 2021 Capitol riots.
He said there was a “peaceful transfer” of power when, in reality, there was none.
He said his Jan. 6 speech in Washington, D.C., drew a crowd similar in size, if not larger, than Dr. Martin Luther King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. MLK drew 250,000 people, while a congressional committee estimated Trump’s crowd was around 53,000.
Trump press conference fails fact checker
It’s not Trump’s first press conference to fail the fact checker. Falsehoods, casual or calculated, are, in many ways, classic Mr. Trump. That didn’t change in the hour-long question-and-answer session at Mar-a-Lago, but now the context is different.
When Joe Biden was in the race, his weakness served as cover for Trump. The negative focus on Biden’s age and failures reduced the impact and importance of Trump’s mistakes.
Americans had grown tired of a feud between two unwilling old men, and much of the country had stopped listening.
Now, Trump faces a younger, more enthusiastic and more confident opposition. He rethinks the presidential race and restores public scrutiny.
The danger for Trump is that greater exposure presents new vulnerability as the United States looks with new eyes.
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