Donald Trump just stepped in it

| 8:50 pm EDT May 11, 2020
Dear Palmer Report readers,

We all understand what a dark era we're heading into. Journalists will be prosecuted. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. Advertising networks can't be counted on. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight, because someone has to.

In that regard we're looking to start funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens or how dark things get. We've launched a reader supported fund, and we've already raised $2097 and counting. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can contribute here. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Bill Palmer
Palmer Report

Because Donald Trump “won” in 2016, there’s a temptation to believe that there’s some kind of successful method to his madness. In reality he ran an ineffective campaign, targeted the wrong states with the wrong message, couldn’t even conspire with Russia effectively, and only got bailed out by the last minute Comey letter. Worse for Trump, he’s now at least half senile.

So when we watched Donald Trump make a feeble racist remark toward a reporter today before tepidly walking out of his own press briefing, that old temptation comes back to try to find the method in the madness. Perhaps this is part of some evil genius plan on Trump’s part to turn things around. Well, no, not really.

Trump’s former ghostwriter Tony Schwartz put it best:

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Donald Trump is simply falling apart at the seams. His campaign can’t put him out there without risking a disinfectant meltdown, or whatever it was that we witnessed today. Yet the campaign can’t not put him out there, because he’s losing too badly to just sit part. Trump stepped in it today by holding that press conference in the declining condition he’s in, and his handlers stepped in by not finding a way to stop him from going out there.

Dear Palmer Report readers,

We all understand what a dark era we're heading into. Journalists will be prosecuted. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. Advertising networks can't be counted on. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight, because someone has to.

In that regard we're looking to start funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens or how dark things get. We've launched a reader supported fund, and we've already raised $2097 and counting. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can contribute here. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Bill Palmer
Palmer Report