The Trump campaign, upended
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This is not the presidential race that former president Donald Trump prepared for. Today, we unpack the state of the Trump campaign, its struggles to adapt and its strategy to face a new opponent.
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This presidential race has taken several unexpected turns, especially for former president Donald Trump.
Earlier this summer, the spotlight moved off of Trump as Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into the race. Now, the Republican nominee is crisscrossing the country to battleground states to recapture national attention.
Host Martine Powers speaks with national political reporter Isaac Arnsdorf about the state of Trump’s campaign and how it's adapting to an entirely new opponent.
Today’s show was produced by Ali Bianco, with help from Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Reena Flores and Monica Campbell and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Sean Sullivan and Erin Patrick O’Connor.
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| 0:00.0 | This was not the presidential race that anyone was prepared for, especially former President |
| 0:09.0 | Donald Trump. |
| 0:10.0 | There's not that much time left to the election and the race is really in a different place than they were expecting just a few weeks ago. |
| 0:17.0 | Isaac Arnstorf as a national political reporter for the post. |
| 0:21.0 | He's been following Trump, including earlier this summer |
| 0:24.8 | when Vice President Kamala Harris jumped into the race and the spotlight moved off of |
| 0:30.4 | Trump. Now the Republican nominee is holding rallies and battleground states, a lot of |
| 0:37.0 | rallies in recent days, and it's all in an effort to try to reclaim the attention |
| 0:42.3 | from Harris. |
| 0:43.7 | They are not in the position of strength |
| 0:45.8 | that they were at the time of their convention. |
| 0:48.8 | And that is basically entirely because of the change of opponent. |
| 0:53.0 | For Trump, this now means non-stop events. |
| 0:57.0 | They got him to do something every single day, |
| 1:01.0 | which for any week is a lot of campaigning for |
| 1:04.6 | Trump. We will create countless American jobs including jobs right here in a place |
| 1:09.8 | called North Carolina. Do we love North Carolina? |
| 1:13.3 | Well, thank you very much. |
| 1:14.8 | And a very big, hello Arizona. |
| 1:18.0 | Hello, Phoenix. |
| 1:19.8 | At times, Isaac has witnessed Trump struggling to adapt to this changed race. |
| 1:25.0 | He's still finding his footing, he's still figuring out how to, um, how to |
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