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5 min readTrump’s Flailing: Is the GOP Finally Losing Faith?
Just under 30 days before the midterm elections, Donald Trump is on the campaign trail in Texas, Alabama, and Nebraska—deep red states, red districts, red cities. He is being kept as far from swing districts as possible. In Toronto, Katy Kay and Anthony Scaramucci asked an audience of Canadians to role-play as MAGA candidates and decide whether they wanted Trump to campaign with them. The result was 80-20 against.
The Campaign Trail Problem
Trump’s rallies are drawing smaller crowds than in 2015—venues of 10,000 with empty upper decks, not the stadiums of 30,000 from his first campaign. CNN was removed from the pool rotation for these events; the court gave a 14-day stay, but the president’s team cancelled CNN’s Thursday pool slot, and no other network picked it up. The reporting from those who are in the room suggests the energy is gone.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:01) **Trump’s Distraction and Disconnect** - The hosts open by framing Trump as out of touch and a liability for the GOP, citing his own boastful claims.
- 2 (02:53) **Trump’s Campaign Trail: A Liability in Swing Districts** - Analysis of Trump’s rallies in safe red states and the strategy of keeping him away from competitive races.
- 3 (05:29) **The Tom Cotton “Row” Over Daylight Savings** - A debate on whether Trump’s public feud with Senator Tom Cotton is genuine or a staged attempt to create distance.
- 4 (07:39) **The Farewell Tour: Smaller Crowds and Disconnected Messaging** - Reports from Trump’s rallies show dwindling attendance and a failure to address key voter concerns.
- 5 (10:17) **GOP Senators Turn on Trump** - Senators John Kennedy and Thom Tillis publicly criticize Trump, signaling a breaking point within the party.
- 6 (12:07) **The Culture War Trap Isn’t Working** - Republican strategists warn that focusing on cultural issues is failing to resonate with voters worried about prices.
- 7 (13:52) **Trump Knows He’s in Trouble** - Evidence that Trump is aware of his poor standing, despite his public bravado.
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Show Notes
Could the Democrats really flip key red states in the midterms? What is the real reason Senator Tom Cotton is feuding with Trump over daylight savings? And, following Brazil’s election, has Trump successfully turned Latin America MAGA?
Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more.
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