The Teamsters And The Gop Had A Moment Last Night

“As Donald Trump emerged to a thunderous roar of approval in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Rust belt, he was back in his comfort zone among the people who once put him in power,” The Guardian reports. “But by the time he stepped off the stage nearly two hours later, even some of the former US president’s supporters were wondering whether his rallies are doing his re-election campaign more harm than good.” Stephen Collinson: Trump’s personal attacks aren’t just who he is.

“Kamala Harris’ strategy for the 71-day sprint to the Nov. 5 election is built around a few key goals: Outwork Donald Trump, stay in the news, and campaign aggressively in states that could increase her paths to victory,” Axios reports. “That’s why the vice president is packing her campaign schedule this week, starting with a bus tour in southern Georgia.

Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris (D), after agreeing to participate as the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month, the Washington Post reports. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Trump’s social media post Sunday night.

“Fresh off a week of daily counterprogramming events and an effort to steal the spotlight from his new opponent, Donald Trump and his campaign are seeking to harness that pace in the lead-up to November — with plans to aggressively ramp up the former president’s schedule, hone his debate skills and cultivate a new ground-game strategy tied to the early voting states,“ CNN reports. “The new approach is itself an acknowledgment that Trump’s campaign has struggled to adapt to the fast-changing political landscape after President Joe Biden ended his campaign less than four months before Election Day.” Playbook: “The accelerated clip comes after Trump spent the summer engaged in a fraction of the number of rallies he headlined in 2016, spending most of his time trolling Biden from Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump “is talking down the economy like his election depends on it,” Axios reports. “It might. Trump knows that nothing matters more than economic issues. That makes the next 71 days a battle to convince voters their wallets are still hurting.” “The former president is seizing on every negative bit of economic news to make the point that the economy is much worse than the Biden administration says.”

Washington Post: “The president has not spoken publicly or to the press since Monday night — after he gave an emotional speech, formally passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris — on the first night of the convention. With cease-fire talks for the war in Gaza resuming on Sunday, Biden’s low profile is notable.”