The brutal reality is that the looming blue wave is stronger than Donald Trump. The president has exhausted himself flying around the country trying to hold back the wave with dainty baby paws, but he has failed.
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The blue keeps breaching the political dams and rushing over red states that the president won by double digits less than two years ago.
Old, exhausted, and yelling at reporters who point out that Trump has been complaining about his travel schedule, the president appears to have thrown in the towel.
Jennifer Jacobs of CBS News posted on X:
Trump's targeting Colorado and Montana in tonight's tele-rallies. White House discussing possibly adding far more telerallies -- for Iowa, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan. And Kansas, where he canceled this weekend's in-person rally.
Trump's in-person Iowa rally this weekend, scheduled for Dubuque on Sunday, has been canceled and replaced with a tele-rally, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The idea is to maximize Trump’s time and reach as many voters as possible, one source said, and tele-rallies allow him to cover more ground.
If Republicans were winning, Trump would not have to worry about covering so many states in five days. The fact that Trump has literally decided to phone it in has a deeper meaning.