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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Raging Trump Privately Reveals It: He Knows He’s In Danger of Losing

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4800 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Over the weekend, Politico reported that Donald Trump has privately suggested to advisers that he knows he’s in danger of losing without dramatic changes to his campaign. Trump also raged over reports that he called in to Fox News during Kamala Harris’s convention speech to deliver an on-air response, whining that Fox had called him instead. We think Trump is rattled because the aura of his inevitable victory has been shattered. We talked to global affairs expert Asha Rangappa—author of a good new piece on her Substack about the sources of Harris’s momentum—who explains why the puncturing of that aura is critical to defeating authoritarians like Trump. Listen to this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic,

0:43.5

produced and presented by the DSR Network.

0:46.5

I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

1:02.5

Over the weekend, Politico reported that Donald Trump has privately suggested to advisors that he knows he's in danger of losing to Kamala Harris if he doesn't make dramatic

1:07.0

changes to his campaign. Meanwhile, early Sunday, Trump raged on truth social, attacking

1:14.2

media outlets for reporting that he called in to Fox News during Harris's convention speech

1:19.1

to deliver his response on the air, claiming Fox had called him instead. We think Trump is rattled

1:26.4

by a very specific dynamic.

1:28.3

The once powerful aura of his inevitable victory in the presidential race has been shattered.

1:34.3

Today we're talking about this with Asherangappa, a lecturer on global affairs at Yale,

1:40.3

who has a good new piece on her substack, arguing that the puncturing of this aura helps explain

1:45.3

why Harris's campaign has so much energy and momentum. Welcome, Asha. Thank you. Thanks for having me.

1:51.8

Asha, in addition to reporting that Trump has suggested he needs to make dramatic changes,

1:56.3

a stark admission coming from him, Politico also reports that Trump and his team are fretting about

2:02.3

Harris. His advisors and allies are begging him to stop with the personal attacks on Harris and the

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