Donald Trump's third run for the presidency has gone from smooth sailing to being rudderless since the his campaign was caught flatfooted when President Joe Biden stepped aside, paving the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to change the fortunes of the Democratic Party.
According to MSNBC analyst Hayes Brown, the highly organized Trump for president campaign helmed by Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita was enjoying a honeymoon when Biden was the presumptive candidate but the entry of Harris as their man's opponent has turned him into a "loose cannon" they have no control over nor are they attempting to.
As Brown explained, the two veteran campaign managers had things "under control" until Harris surged ahead which led the former president to revert back into the candidate they had once tamed.
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Writing that "the façade of discipline has crumbled at a quickening pace," Brown suggested, "He’s reportedly grown irate both at the amount of credit that Wiles and LaCivita have gotten for his campaign’s successes and at their decision to debate Biden so early that it drove the president from the race," adding, "Though Wiles and LaCivita don’t seem in danger of getting fired, they appear to have given up on even pretending to influence Trump’s choices. Instead they’re just trying to keep the focus on the campaign against Harris and not its internal drama."
According to Brown, Trump's going off the rails was entirely predictable given his history.
"Trump has received plenty of outside advice on how to stay on track and focus on Harris’ weaknesses with voters. He has listened to none of it. Instead, he’s returned to his old standbys: picking fights with celebrities, spreading racist conspiracy theories, hanging out with far-right influencers and riling up his base in hopes of repeating his 2016 victory," Brown wrote before pointing out, "It is doing little to win over skeptics who are considering giving Harris a shot, but it gives Trump the short-term gratification he’s always been unable to resist for too long."
