Before the vice president’s discussion I told my “media buzz” staff that it would be just a one or two day top story and then we would talk to Trump.
I was wrong. It took less than 10 hours.
Announcing that he would skip another debate next week, President Trump turned his familiar place at the center of the media universe, drawing attention from Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.
Trump says he won’t participate in virtual debit after CPD change: ‘Don’t waste my time’
Trump was responding to a response announced this morning by the Presidential Debate Commission that in response to the president’s Covid-19 diagnosis, he and Joe Biden would be placed in different locations, 15 Oct. Keto Faceoff Virtually.
Calling Maria Bertiromo’s Fox business, Trump said: “I’m not going to waste my time in virtual discussions. Not so much to be discussed. “” Sit behind the computer and discuss “is” ridiculous “.
I don’t really think that was the end of it. Trump is famous for blowing up negotiations as a way to bring pressure to the other side. He does so in trade negotiations, and he did so the next day by concluding talks with House Democrats on a stimulus package to hit the coronavirus. Within a day he was tweeting about what he wanted in the bill, and now the talk has resumed.
Moreover, the back candidate always wants a discussion, hoping to change the pace of the race. Trump is losing by 10 points in a recent Fox News poll, and while it is shorter than CNN and the NBC / Street Journal Journal poll, Republican-friendly Ramsucer gives Paul Biden a 12-point edge.
When the Biden campaign released a statement that the former vice president, who was ready to hold a virtual town hall, would now completely ignore it and make his own town hall. Hours ago, Biden declined to comment, as Trump “changes his mind every second.”
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Indeed, the Trump camp immediately pushed the second and third controversies into October 22 and 29, suggesting he was “wasting his time” by suggesting he was probably ahead of the time he was infected. As I said, Trump’s negotiations are often the beginning of negotiations.
I really think the virtual town hall would have benefited Trump, which would probably do with the White House. It softens the comparison with Biden if he is on the same stage taking questions from the audience, which comes more naturally to the Democratic nominee after years in politics. But Trump believes such a situation makes it difficult to interrupt and raise his opponent.
The president, meanwhile, used the Bartimo interview to declare his running mate the winner of the debate, not surprisingly, but in very personal terms.
“It was terrible, totally unbelievable,” Trump said. “He’s a communist,” and “a monster.”
Com’s comment coincides with Pence’s strategy of trying to paint Harris more liberal than Biden as the ideological heart of the ticket on issues like framing and the Green New Deal.
But many senators also targeted the senator as “unreliable,” shaking her head and smiling as she told Pence what she didn’t like. At the same time, the “unreliable” tag is always applied to women – Hillary and Elizabeth Vernon – as opposed to men. And women of color must tread on that question.
Whether you agree that the VP’s discussion was basically a draw or not, it is fair to say that Kamala Harris is keeping her eye on the more experienced Pence. And the Biden campaign has to like it.
