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Understand that trump is doing this: speaking directly to his base, because he assumes he's going to lose the election, and he's trying to lay the groundwork for Civil War 2. There is no other explanation for him to only be speaking to his base for the last 4 or 5+ interviews. He's not going after undecideds or urban voters. He's already lost in his head, so he's going to rile up his base and convince them to try another Jan 6th, but this time, with more prep and planning involved.
Not the only explanation. It's all he's ever done. It's how he lost to Hillary Clinton and still got handed the presidency anyway in 2016.
Right, I don't disagree that this is all he's ever done, but he also attempted a coup last time as well. That's basically what I'm saying.
He's doing it out in the open right now. Absolutely no political strategist would have ever cancelled the 20/20 interview, or any of the town halls he's cancelled lately, 2 weeks out from election day. It's batshit insane. He's not even campaigning in swing states right now. Musk and Tucker and others are doing that for him.
He's speaking to his base nonstop, because: