Questioning his opponent’s racial identity. Still hoping to “stop the steal”. Constant crowd comparisons. The former president’s people see a candidate knocked off his bearings.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.The August 2 dinner at the home of Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick was a high-powered affair. Among the roughly 130 people who attended were some of Donald Trump’s wealthiest supporters, including billionaire hedge fund financier Bill Ackman and Omeed Malik, the president of another fund, 1789 Capital.
It had been a display of flagrant race-baiting, and it instantly reprogrammed America’s TV news chyrons: He falsely claimed that Harris had only recently decided to identify as black for political purposes.Advertisement But to Trump’s close allies, that first night in Milwaukee now seems a foggy memory, as if it never happened.
But Trump has also been whipsawed by a seven-week roller coaster ride of events: an attempt on his life, the selection of a running mate, a nominating convention, his opponent’s withdrawal from the race, the entry of a galvanising new rival, a potential Iranian assassination threat against him and new layers of security that have brought a bunkerlike feel to his properties, more than at any time since he was in the White House.
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