Trump is doing 'just the opposite' of what made him win in 2016: Morning Joe
A panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday argued that former President Donald Trump has thrown out the playbook that made him successful in the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.
While discussing the final two weeks of the 2024 campaign, guest Tim Miller noted that Trump eight years ago was comparatively restrained and policy focused as then-rival Hillary Clinton struggled in the wake of former FBI Director James Comey's bombshell letter that appeared to reopen the investigation into her use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state.
"In 2016 he learned a lesson, the playbook was there for him the last ten days," said Miller. "It was after 'Access Hollywood,' after Comey. He was still Trump, he was still advancing some noxious views, views that aren't traditional conservative views, but he was on-message-ish. It was draining the swamp, it was the border."
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Host Joe Scarborough endorsed Miller's assessment.
"The last ten days of that election, he showed discipline," he said. "And he got quiet, he got out of the way and let it be a referendum on Hillary Clinton. This time, he's done just the opposite... The last ten days: Execute Liz Cheney... insulting everybody, you know, 'Kamala Harris is trash.' You can go down the list."
"He can't control himself right now," Miller observed.
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