David Graham: “Then came one of the strangest sequences of events in modern American political history: Biden’s complete debate collapse, a failed assassination attempt against Trump, the selection of J. D. Vance as Trump’s running mate, and the rapid replacement of Biden atop the Democratic ticket with Kamala Harris. Harris started taking the lead in some national polls.”
“In response, Trump is turning over an old leaf. Infuriated that people are responding positively to Harris and that her campaign is drawing huge rallies, he’s back to trying to make everything about him. He’s returning to the lengthy campaign news conferences he held in 2016, including two in roughly the past week. He’s planning to restart big open-air rallies, despite the assassination scare. It’s starting to look a lot like 2016 again.”
“Even the people are the same: Aides from campaigns past are creeping back in.”
