Donald Trump's announcement that he will hold a “general news conference” at Mar-a-Lago Thursday caused political analysts to erupt in online laughter.
Trump's Truth Social announcement did not include details, but stated simply, “I will be doing a General News Conference at 2:00 P.M. at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach."
But George Conway, the conservative attorney and vocal Trump critic who founded conservative group the Lincoln Project, made a prediction: "NARCISSISTIC SOCIOPATH RAGE ALERT."
USA Today contributor Windsor Mann retorted with apparent sarcasm, having previously quipped Trump wanted to win the "battleground state of Mar-a-Lago, "No, this is deft campaign strategy."
"'Daft' you mean," replied Conway.
Former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner echoed Mann's quip that Trump needed to secure the votes of his own social club.
"So Trump is campaigning today at . . . Mar-a-Lago?" he wrote. "I guess he's even lost the support of the voters at Mar-a-Lago. Not a surprise."
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Former Trump administration spokesperson Stephanie Grisham responded, "He’s panicking. I’ve seen this play many times. He thinks his team is failing him & no one can speak better/'save' his campaign/defend him but him. He hates the coverage Harris is getting & thinks only he can fix it."
Vice President Kamala Harris' newly formed campaign group Republicans for Harris argued the conference was a show of desperation.
Team Trump has repeatedly attacked Harris recent lack of direct interactions with the media as she mounts a swing state rally tour that has drawn tens of thousands.
"He is panicking," the campaign said.
Activist and The Weekly List author Amy Siskind questioned Trump's political stamina.
"Does he not have the energy to go out and hit the campaign trail?" Siskind wrote. "It's like he disappeared from action."
Several X users took a jab at Trump by asking the same question: "Where's Trump?"
"It’s not like him to cower and hide like this IN THE MIDDLE OF A CAMPAIGN," wrote New Jersey political commentator Jay Lassiter. "It’s obvious he’s demented. Is he sick, too?"
