Donald Trump's constant "ping-ponging" on issues at his rallies, during speeches and at his recent debate with Vice President Kamala Harris is frustrating GOP strategists as the November election looms.
Case in point, as Politico is reporting, the former president had an opportunity to put Harris on the spot on energy issues on Tuesday, but failed to score points because he is engaging in "meme level" campaigning that is not scoring points.
As Politico's Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman are reporting, "Trump has spent weeks rollicking from message to message on energy, false and otherwise," adding that "his flurry of messages took time away from what should have been his main focus on energy."
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According to exasperated Republican campaign strategist David Kochel, “It’s almost incoherent. In the debate, he was clearly flustered. It’s very difficult for him to actually prosecute a single strategy. He was just all over the place.”
Ryan Bernstein, a public affairs strategist at McGuireWoods Consulting, agreed.
“Trump hasn’t been able to clearly articulate his position or her positions and, really, she’s been able to kind of define herself,” he admitted. “She probably covered what she needed to cover in Pennsylvania. He kind of glossed over her inconsistencies and cobbled together all of these other issues in one package, which didn’t really hit home.”
Politico is reporting, "For all Trump’s talking points on fossil fuels, his lack of even one message on climate change may have hurt him among some of his past supporters," adding, "During the debate, Trump didn’t respond to a question on how he would battle climate change, which is driven in large part by burning the same oil, gas and coal he wants to double down on producing. Instead, he talked about factories moving out of the United States and Hunter Biden’s legal travails."
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