Only two weeks ago, Donald Trump was riding high. An attempted assassination had left him with only a nick on the ear, pundits were predicting that his upcoming speech would drop calls for revenge in exchange for national unity. The Republican National Convention was just about to get underway with a program that was wall-to-wall Trump worship. Trump was planning to skate to a landslide victory.
Meanwhile, what attention Democrats were getting was all about divisions and tension inside the party. Trump felt so confident in the way the polls were going, and so comforted by the pundits that he picked a running mate without even giving a thought to expanding his base or showing any moderation in his extremist positions. Trump seemed to have everything going his way.
And then Kamala Harris simply kicked Trump off the national stage—and he’s having a real problem climbing back up.
