So much for Donald Trump’s new campaign manager

| 2:01 pm EDT August 8, 2020
Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand what a dark era we're heading into. 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.

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Bill Palmer
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When Donald Trump ousted his campaign manager Brad Parscale, we were at least slightly concerned. Parscale was laughably incompetent and he was helping cost Trump the election, but what if the new guy ended up being less incompetent? So far it very much appears that’s not the case.

In the three weeks since Donald Trump replaced Parscale with Bill Stepien, Trump’s behavior toward reelection has become even more erratic and unfocused. Trump threatened to magically postpone the election, which managed to make him look corrupt for suggesting it, and weak for not being able to get anywhere with the threat. And now Trump is calling last minute press conferences at his golf resort, in defiance of any possible strategy.

Trump has also done disastrous interviews with the likes of Chris Wallace and Jonathan Swan since changing campaign managers. From Trump’s point of view, neither of those interviews should ever have been booked. Trump may have been chasing credibility by sitting down with respected interviewers, but instead he merely fed himself to the lions.

Nothing that Donald Trump has tried over the past three weeks has helped him one bit. Either his new campaign manager is every bit as incompetent as the last one, or Trump is ignoring everything the new guy is saying. Either way, so much for the notion that a new campaign manager would help turn Trump’s sagging fortunes around.

Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand what a dark era we're heading into. 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 funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. We've launched a reader supported fund, and we've already raised $3760 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