How is Trump closing?

It's going about as expected, Trump is grasping at straws, seeking a lifeline, whilst the Harris Campaign continues with epic levels of outreach, GOtV efforts, and closing strong, with a shock in Iowa

The hot to handle.

Donald Trump in an overflowing garbage dumpster that is on fire

I glanced at my phone, and I saw this gem of a headline:

(gift link to the article)

Well, that is both the least surprising thing I’ve read in a while, and chilling.

At least in 2021, had Trump tried to remain ensconced in the White House on the afternoon of January 20, the Secret Service detail would have firmly removed him, essentially taking the trash out to the curbside.

The former president also described Democrats as a “demonic” party at the rally, at an airport in Lititz, Pa., his first of three swing-state stops planned for his second to last day on the campaign trail. Mr. Trump’s voice was audibly hoarse and his speech sluggish as he made unfounded claims about election interference. He praised himself for ditching his prepared remarks, saying it meant the “truth” could come out.

First, my inner 12-year-old boy chuckles at “Lititz”, too damn close to Tits.

But his constant dinning on about the “demonic” Democrats is worrying. That verbiage resonates with a rather deplorable slice of his “base”, and I am terrified that in the interregnum betwixt the election on November 5th and the certification of the election on January 6th may be bloody, marked with skirmishes and confrontations that get out of control.

It is clearly what he’s jonesing for.

Now, as the “tightening” polls are beginning to reflect momentum and “vibes” for the Harris side, he’s once again losing what little shit he had left:

Mr. Trump also complained about a series of recent polls. His campaign had sent out a memo suggesting a Des Moines Register poll of Iowa showing Mr. Trump losing the state by four points and a new batch of New York Times/Siena College polls of battleground states were incorrect.

Mr. Trump, however, took the complaints to a different level. He spent nearly 20 minutes trying to instill doubts about the election, reviving a host of baseless claims of widespread fraud that he made in 2020.

He claimed that voter machines would be hacked, that elections needed to be called by 11 p.m. on Tuesday night and that efforts to extend polling hours to allow more people to vote — something his own party has pushed for in Pennsylvania — were tantamount to fraud.

Yep, Trump being Trump.

The difference between 2016 and 2024 is that in 2016, his campaign team sat on his fat ass in the last three weeks (post Access Hollywood tape drop) and that relative silence coupled with the Comey fuckup were enough to get him over the line.

The rest is history.

This time, it is time to take out the trash, for good.

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