One month ago, former President Donald Trump seemed poised to retake the White House from an ailing President Joe Biden. Now that he’s falling behind Vice President Kamala Harris, people close to Trump’s campaign are complaining to Vanity Fair that the GOP nominee is only making matters worse. “It’s like he’s choosing to lose,” one of them vented.
So my honest bet going into this election (earlier this year) was that I’m not sure running a candidate that had already been president and then lost an election was ever going to be a good idea in a presidential election. Biden complicated things, as does Trump’s cult-like dynamics, but I suspect the point will have been well made. Politicians and their relevance have lifetimes.