It's been noted that in recent weeks, the Malignant Loser has been increasingly bizarre and off-script, even more than his usual unhinged self. The earlier forays into Hannibal Lecter, electric shock and sharks have devolved into violent rhetoric about guns pointed at Liz Cheney and shooting journalists, and to vulgar pantomimes of fellatio with a microphone. His nonsensical cosplays at a McDonalds and his backfiring garbage man stunt -- where he stumbled and unwittingly gave his campaign the new symbol of a garbage truck -- have some of his allies wondering if he's trying to sabotage his campaign.
Tim Alberta, writing for The Atlantic, notes that the Malignant Loser's turn toward self-immolating lunacy may have begun after losing President Biden as a seemingly easy opponent last summer:
"For the first 10 days following Biden’s departure from the race, Trump had listened dutifully as his campaign co-managers—a pair of longtime GOP consultants named Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita—explained that the fundamentals of their strategy remained solid. Nothing dramatic needed to change with Harris taking over the ticket, they told Trump, because she was inheriting the vulnerabilities they had exploited so successfully against Biden. They argued that whatever burst of money and enthusiasm had accompanied her entry into the race would prove short-lived—and warned him against overreacting. Staying the course, they told Trump, was the surest recipe for electoral success.
He went along with their plan—for a while. But every hour his campaign spent attacking Harris as if she were a credible opponent—rather than bludgeoning her as the airheaded, unqualified, empty pantsuit Trump was sure she was—gnawed at the former president. Finally, he ran out of patience. On July 31, during an onstage interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, Trump publicly unloaded the sort of race-baiting barbs that his aides had, up until that point, succeeded in containing to his private diatribes." (our emphasis)
His unraveling in the face of a close election and his campaign of reactionary, Project 2025 policies, in addition to his obvious mental decline, and his violent and dishonest lashing out were inevitable because that's always who he's been. He can't and won't change, and anyone who expects a chastened, diminished Trump among his cult are delusional, too.
(photo: Choke on it)
