Trump seems to forget it's not 2016 anymore. And he's frustrated.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Why is 2024 now so very different from Donald Trump’s earlier campaigns? To answer that question is to understand why Trump is so desperate to find new angles for attacks on Vice President Harris, even if some of them seem wild, outrageous and counterproductive.

Trump’s success in 2016, and his ability to retain control over the Republican Party since, have rested on his mastery of oppositional politics and his skill at using abnormal behavior to prove to disaffected voters that he’s no mainstream politician.

Until President Biden withdrew from the contest, both strategies still had juice. The oppositional approach worked when a majority of voters seemed prepared to reject Biden. The president’s approval ratings hovered in the 40 percent range, and even Biden sympathizers worried about his age.

As for Trump’s breaks with customs and norms, it was hard to find a more conventional, system-revering politician than Biden. These were useful virtues for Biden in 2020, when most voters were fed up with Trump’s chaotic presidency and his erratic handling of the pandemic. But by early 2024, memories of what had been exasperating about Trump faded. The 78-year-old’s acrimonious displays made him seem more energetic than Biden, and enough voters were sufficiently angry about high prices and immigration to welcome his spleen.

https://wapo.st/3LQxFtd

[Beakybird]

1. Paywall? 🫤

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. It's a gifted article

You should be able to read it.

[Beakybird]

3. Thanks! I ran away the first time when it asked me to sign in or create an account.

[Skittles]

8. not a gifted link

nope...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. After clicking on the article your URL should include pwapi_token

[Skittles]

10. ah I see

they want my email address

they probably already have it; I used to have a WAPO account but didn't renew when they went a bit sideways

[patricia92243]

4. "skill at using abnormal behavior" good one to remember.

[kimbutgar]

5. In 2016 he was unknown but after his 4 disastrous years people know who he is and what he'll do in 2025

That is why he will be defeated soundly if we have a free and fair election If People can vote and the votes are counted correctly.

[Dem4life1970]

6. His problem is that he is not new anymore...

...he is old (in many ways). He is tired. He is low energy. He is boring. His own cultists yawn and walk away from his traveling fascist circuses when he starts in on Hannibal Lecter and Sharks vs. boats. He has nothing new. His own folks are tired of him. Getting revenge on Biden was their big motivator. Now that Biden is not running, he and they are out of steam. I think they are finally starting to hear how he sounds...and it doesn't sound good.

It was all cute and new (to them) in 2016. Almost a decade later, it's tired and boring. He is starting to be yesterday's news....

[BlueWavePsych]

7. And this is one reason why "it" has entered its "fat Elvis" phase.

[StevieM]

11. His garbage didn't work in 2016 either.

James Comey handed him the election. Without the FBI's illegitimate interference--done repeatedly--to damage his opponent, Trump would have been destroyed.