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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10 days
Topics covered on this pod: *Trump allies worry attacks on Biden's age erred by lowering expectations, @MarcACaputo says *Deep split in MAGA-world between cultish allies & traditional GOP operatives who are realistic about his difficulties *How the cult of Trump invincibility fuels overconfidence
Avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10 days
"Trump is like nuclear power. He produces a lot of energy and radiation. The trick [for his advisers] is to keep the cooling tower over the reactor, so it doesn't go into meltdown." On the pod, reporter Marc Caputo is so good on MAGA-world's thinking about debate: newrepublic.com/article/1831...
Trump Allies Secretly Fear He Botched Debate Expectations for Bidennewrepublic.com With Trump and his backers relentlessly smearing Biden as senile, a veteran reporter who’s well sourced in MAGA world explains why Trump allies worry he set expectations for Biden too low.
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Stephen R. Fox @f6x.bsky.social · 9 days
Not to mention the Walkin’ Lawton quote! (Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Mr. Caputo.)