Trump Adviser On New Campaign Push: “Think Trump On Steroids”
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 26 August 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Is this thing on or are the campaign still debating that too? The lead starts right now. |
| 0:08.0 | Will voters actually get to see a Harris Trump debate before they head to the polls. |
| 0:13.6 | That is the million dollar question today, |
| 0:15.9 | as the campaigns battle over the rules |
| 0:18.5 | for the scheduled face-off, which is supposed to happen |
| 0:20.8 | in just over two weeks. |
| 0:22.2 | Plus, a big day in court today |
| 0:24.4 | for Trump allies accused of trying to overturn |
| 0:26.6 | the 2020 election results in Arizona. |
| 0:28.9 | What we're learning about the trial |
| 0:30.5 | that's set to include former White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, |
| 0:33.6 | Rudy Giuliani, and a top GOP lawyer. And breaking news, new action today and |
| 0:38.7 | one of the biggest legal cases Donald Trump was facing and thought he was cleared up. |
| 0:48.1 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper. We start with our |
| 0:51.2 | 2024 lead and a sprint toward November with quote |
| 0:54.7 | Trump on steroids. That's how one campaign advisor describes the approach |
| 0:59.1 | they're now taking with frequent events, visits to battleground states, |
| 1:02.8 | both of which we've seen just today, |
| 1:05.0 | as close allies urged the former president |
| 1:07.5 | to focus on policy over personal attacks. |
| 1:10.7 | Today, on the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal, Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery to honor the 13 American service members killed in the Abbey Gate bombing after posting this video putting a political spin on a very somber moment. |
| 1:24.4 | Present. |
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