Charlie Sykes: “It’s not really an October Suprise, but Trump’s cognitively declining, incoherent, fascisty closing argument already belongs to the Ages.” “In less insane political moments, candidates try to put forward their best, most attractive selves in the final weeks of a campaign. One of the enduring urban legends of the 2016 election is that Trump cleaned up his act in the final days of that campaign, posing as a simulacrum of a quasi-normal candidate.” “But WTF are we seeing right now?” Tom Bianco: Trump turns up the crazy for free media in waning days of 2024 race.