How Trump became the GOP’s savior in chief — and the strategy to bring him back to the White House
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🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Following the Republican National Convention, the GOP has never been more confident about the chances of Donald Trump winning in November. Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta, who has spent months talking to Trump insiders, breaks down his campaign’s strategy and why so much could change between now and the election.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Shimita here. A quick note, this episode was recorded before President |
| 0:05.4 | Joe Biden's historic announcement that he will be dropping out of the 2024 race and is |
| 0:10.3 | endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. |
| 0:13.0 | As our guest notes, this totally changes the playbook for the Trump campaign. |
| 0:17.3 | But there's still lots to learn from how the campaign has operated so far, |
| 0:21.3 | and the vision they have for a Trump presidency. So keep that in mind as you |
| 0:25.8 | listen. Thanks. |
| 0:31.1 | This is in conversation from Apple News. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Shmitha Basso. |
| 0:35.8 | Today, the confidence of the Trump campaign. There's still about four long months to go before the general election, but at the |
| 0:50.8 | Republican National Convention this week members of the GOP were already taking victory lapse, |
| 0:56.0 | seeming to annoy to Donald Trump not just as their party's nominee, |
| 1:01.0 | but also as a man blessed by a higher power. |
| 1:05.0 | Let me start by giving thanks to God Almighty for protecting President Trump. |
| 1:12.0 | God Almighty intervened because America is one nation under God and he is certainly not finished |
| 1:18.6 | with President Trump. |
| 1:19.8 | The devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle but an American lion got back up on his feet |
| 1:28.0 | and he roars. |
| 1:30.2 | Is anybody in this room ready to send Donald Trump back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? |
| 1:37.0 | God bless Donald J. Trump. political conventions are always full of bluster and grandstanding. |
| 2:07.0 | You can see how the dial gets turned up after a party's candidate survives an assassination attempt. But the unification |
| 2:14.4 | around Trump this week has been striking. This is the candidate who led them to |
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