Trump Finally Admits To His Aides That He Doesn’t Know What He’s Doing

According to a new report from The New York Times, Donald Trump has admitted to his aides behind the scenes that he is struggling to stay on message and avoid personal attacks because he just has so much anger towards his opponents. But what he’s really admitting is that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. He has been running for political office for the last 8 years, and if he can’t handle adversity at this point then he will never be able to do it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

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According to a new report from the New York Times, Donald Trump is actually to the point where he is kind of having these self-reflective moments and admitting to his aids that he is struggling. But it's not just that he's struggling in general, no, no, no. Donald Trump apparently does have enough self-awareness to where, according to the reports, he is telling aids that he is struggling to stay on message because by God, I just hate everybody so much. So to put that, in other words, Donald Trump is now admitting to his aids. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Let me read you from the New York Times report. Mr. Trump has told two people that he struggles to avoid making personal attacks because of how much animosity he feels for his opponents. He said that overwhelming hostility, whether it was for Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, president Biden, or now, Ms. Harris, made it difficult for him to not take shots.

Said the two people who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations. Part of Mr. Trump's struggle to stay on message could be linked to his visible lack of interest on stage when he reads his prepared speech. When Mr. Trump stuck to the script, he often sounded affectless as if he was resigning to just getting through the remarks, but he seemed energized when he fell back on familiar habits and interacted with supporters at smaller events. One of the ways to win over swing voters is not by personal attacks. The New York Times continues by nature. They don't love partisan politics, but they're also not thrilled about the direction of the country and the performance of the economy. And every day, Trump isn't talking about that is a wasted day. So the two aides working for Donald Trump told New York Times reporter, listen, the guy came to us. We've talked to him just like everybody else had, and said, stick to the issues. Let go of the personal attacks. And he's like, well, they can't do that. I hate them so much. I have so much hatred inside of me that it must come oozing out in my speeches or my truth, social posts. I have to be the most vicious, vitriolic, disgusting, disturbing person the world has ever seen. And I know it's wrong, but I just hate him so much I can't stop.

So to put it another way, Trump admits he doesn't know what the hell he is doing. He is admitting he's not good at this. And here's why I say that. This man has been campaigning for nine straight years, okay? It's been more than eight, or it's been more than nine years since we had the first Republican debates that started in August of 2015. And Trump obviously started running for office before that. But even once

Donald Trump won the party's nomination, he still had to go against Hillary Clinton. So he kept campaigning, and then when he gets into office, he never stopped campaigning. He still went out and did rallies. And then after he lost in 2020, he kept doing rallies. He kept campaigning. So he has been campaigning nonstop for nine plus years. If you have been doing something for nine straight years, and after those nine years, you go to your coworkers and you're like, guys, I, I don't know what I'm doing, then you shouldn't have that job. Okay? This is clearly not for you. And you've been going good for nine years. And then you're finally like, guys, I've just been making this up. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't belong in this position. Then you shouldn't be in that position. And when we're this close to the finish line, right? Like little over, barely over two months to go, you don't have time to change course.