I do not believe Trump is getting more and more outrageous to lose the election.
I think the whole thing was a lark for Trump from the beginning. He expected to make a big splash and go on about his business. What he didn’t bargain on was the degree of unfocused anger there is in the American Working class. It got to the point where he could ‘shoot someone on 5th Avenue’ and it wouldn’t slow the campaign down. I think he reached the point where he was, like, “Hell, if they’re going to give it too me, I’ll take it!” That’s when he reached the point where his competitiveness kicked in and he started going for the prize.
Problem is, he’s not a politician. He’s the self promoting heir to a real estate empire.
The recent abortion flap was one of Trumps first major stumbles. He specializes in saying nothing.
“Should a woman be punished?”
Think think think
“Yeah, there should be some form of punishment there”
All he did was turn the question into a vague statement that his staff could (sucessfully in the past) spin or turn into a crude/lame/good-ole-boy joke.
He specializes in sound bites that exactly mirror the thoughts of the uninformed public he’s speaking to. I’ll venture a guess that a large percentage of his followers have only a vague notion what NATO (for example) is and does. But it costs a lot of money, and not on American soil. So Trumps says, “Make the Japs pay their own way!” Thunderous applause. He spoke within the knowledge base of his supporters, and spoke to their prejudices.
I think Trump now has his eyes on the prize of the Presidency. And I believe (hope) that the harder he tries, the more he’ll fail. He hasn’t and doesn’t address the issues. He blurts sound bites that are as uninformed and clever as possible.
Does nobody listen to the man? I mean have you listened to the guy? You should try listening to the guy once in a while, because, I want to tell you, they guy has nothing to say! He’s not saying anything. And you know why? I’ll tell you why, because “the guy has nothing to say’! Nothing. There’s nothing there. He’s just saying a whole lot of nothing. Listen to him!