The Friday Brief

August 2, 2024

The Big Picture

As I wrote yesterday, Kamala Harris's campaign is firing on all cylinders. The transition from Biden’s operation to hers was a “hot swap” for many of the programs and systems she will need to win this race.

It isn’t simply that she’s winning…it’s that Trump is losing while America watches.

Trump’s power and wealth have always been an illusion held together by public relations and branding. The blonde hair confection, the makeup, the lifts in his shoes, the ludicrously long ties, a decorating aesthetic I call “Dictator Whorehouse” and all the faux-gold trash was his copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy of wealth and power.

He hoped to maintain that life by winning a second term as President and holding the spotlight for another four years. His entire campaign predicate was that Joe Biden was too old, frail, and delicate to be a bold leader.

Kamala is breaking him not simply with a strong campaign and massive fundraising. He loathes how much she looks and acts like a President of the United States while he increasingly looks and acts like a cornered, rabid animal.