No red line. That seems to be his strategy Donald TrumpRepublican presidential candidate, against the vice president of the United States, Good Gracethe Democratic candidate, aiming to win the November 5 presidential election.
As the campaign enters its final stretch, Trump is sticking to personal and vulgar attacks on his opponent, ignoring the urgings of his advisers to focus on politics and everyday Americans and on issues such as the economy and migration.
But Trump is unable to abandon the reality TV star role he excelled at. And he succumbs to extremes, extreme even by his low standards: on August 28, during a visit to Arlington Military Cemetery – where, in violation of US law, he was photographed with a thumbs up – he accused Vice President Harris of death of 13 US soldiers, during the US withdrawal operation from Afghanistan, in August 2021.
Harris was vice president at the time, but the president Joe Biden he was in charge of the operation as he is ex officio the head of the US armed forces.
Extreme comments are a double-edged sword
Trump, like his running mate, J. D. Vance, has repeatedly attacked Kamala Harris, an American of Indian-Jamaican descent, for using her skin color at will (“Harris suddenly turned black,” she said at the Union of Black Journalists’ meeting in Chicago in late July). He also hinted that the vice president, like Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential nominee in the 2016 election, which Trump won, have advanced their professional careers by using their female bodies as weapons.
To no avail, Republican advisers stress that Trump’s sexist comments could cost the party victory by alienating many female voters and undecided moderates in swing states.
In addition, in the favorite habit of older conservative Republicans, Trump and his co are calling the Democratic nominee a communist and a “Bolshevik.” The unopposed governor of South Dakota, Christy Noem, who had been touted as a possible Trump vice-presidential candidate (and who became world famous last May with her autobiography, in which she wrote that she shot and killed her dog because of his aggressive behavior), railed against the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Tim Walshcalling him a danger to US security because in 1989 he had worked as an English teacher in Communist China.
In an interview last Sunday on the Fox network, Trump said it was ridiculous that he was being prosecuted for trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election, again raising fears of nightmare developments should he lose the election.
The next crucial showdown between Trump and Harris will be their face-off on ABC on September 10. Trump doesn’t seem willing to tone it down.
His aggressive strategy is, as CNN noted, a kind of warning to the Democratic nominee about what’s to come in the next two months and how difficult it may be for Harris to maintain the soft tones and civilized political demeanor that she both she and her running mate Tim Walsh and the Democrats are demonstrating, judging by the party’s admittedly successful convention in Chicago on August 22.
Ambivalent States – key
Trump’s personal attacks and mudslinging so far appear to be paying off, as the presidential race remains inconclusive.
A “New York Times” poll (4/9/2024) gives Harris a three-point lead over Trump nationwide (49% to 46%), but in the key states that will decide the outcome of the election, the battle is close. with breasts: 49%-47% for Harris in Michigan and 49%-48% for Harris in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. In Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina the two candidates are “tied” with 48%, and in Georgia Trump leads by one point (49%-48%).
Harris has been criticized by Republicans for not detailing her government agenda and for backtracking on issues such as immigration and fracking, a controversial method in the key state of Pennsylvania. In her first interview as a presidential candidate on CNN on August 29, Harris said that if elected she would not ban the practice, reversing her previous position.
The unexpected advantage
The fact that the Democratic candidate is taking more centrist positions seems to be making it difficult for Trump, and Harris’ determination to cut prices on basic goods, targeting large supermarket chains, explains how she has narrowed her gap with Trump on the economy, too. a field usually privileged for him and the Republicans.
In view of the morning telefight, Mr James Carvillea political analyst with forty years of experience in successful Democratic election campaigns, such as Bill Clinton in 1992, in a NYT op-ed, he recommends the following to Harris: first, to let Trump deal a blow to his candidacy by allowing him to be himself in their televised showdown.
Second, for Harris to distance herself from Biden’s political legacy without ignoring it, but to show that she is the new, fresh face with new ideas. Thirdly, to show that she can use her experience as vice president of the USA, that she learned even from her mistakes and that she aims for the development of the country, in its future, that she only sees ahead.
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