"I am not f---ing losing to Joe Biden," Trump said

[UCmeNdc]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump erupted at his top political advisers last week when they presented him with worrisome polling data that showed his support eroding in a series of battleground states as his response to the coronavirus comes under criticism.

Trump reacted with defiance, incredulous that he could be losing to someone he viewed as a weak candidate.

“I am not f—-ing losing to Joe Biden,” he repeated in a series of heated conference calls with his top campaign officials, according to five people with knowledge of the conversations. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about private discussions.

The message to the president was sobering: Trump was trailing the former Democratic vice president in many key battleground states, he was told, and would have lost the Electoral College if the election had been held earlier this month.

On the line from the White House, Trump snapped at the state of his polling during a series of calls with campaign manager Brad Parscale, who called in from Florida; RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, on the line from her home in Michigan; senior adviser Jared Kushner; and other aides.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-erupt-campaign-team-poll-numbers_n_5eaa44eec5b633a8544528f4

[tanyev]

1. Honestly, Donny? When you lose, you're mostly going to be losing because of yourself.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I saw that on Brian Williams tonight.

The fucking moron will do ANYTHING to stay in office...and I mean ANYTHING! He will do worse than allowing Americans to die and the country to slide into bankruptcy. Putin has big plans and tRump has his handler on his team.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. If true, actually good news to me? Means major tRussian

election manipulation fix not "in"? Or did he go to his "Big Mac room" and call Putin and say "let's do it?

[Chainfire]

38. Trump is the greatest intelligence coup in the history of the world

Trump and Putin will do what ever is necessary to keep Trump in office. I am not counting Trump out until after November.

I put nothing past the dynamic duo. Trump's best tactic would be to eliminate Biden as a viable candidate in the late Fall. There are may ways they can do that, but the safest would be a full-scale attack on Biden's character. It is so easy to plant stories and it is nearly impossible to prove that you did not do something. If the attack comes late in the campaign there may not be time to disprove the allegations until after the elections.

It worked against Ms. Clinton.

It is all about timing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

41. So where's the DNC? Shouldn't it be laying the groundwork? To

defend our candidate? Developing generic ads? Oh, "too early" people will say. We seem leaderless. If we can't put an ounce of strategy together and deploy tactics, the monster will take it again.

[captain queeg]

4. I worry about that statement about 5 people with knowledge

But then I think anything that accelerates his paranoia is great. He’ll be spending hours trying to figure out who the traitors are. I love to see his little circle jerk going after each other.

[underpants]

16. I'm interested in that too

At this point wouldn’t someone have figured out how to plant stories to root out leaks? Of course they may want these leaks....I’d guess....who the hell knows?

The 5 stood out to me. That could include people who heard of it second hand.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. It's Jared. No doubt about it. He's a weasel. He's trying to pressure Drumpf to shut the fuck up.

[crickets]

18. Is it five now? An article earlier in the day mentioned three. Interesting. nt

[greenjar_01]

5. Trump is going to lose badly to Joe Biden

[Xolodno]

6. He thinks Joe Biden is a weak candidate....

....then what was all that Ukraine stuff that got him impeached? If he's weak, then wouldn't have to do any of that.

[not fooled]

25. Seriously

He's calling a VP in a competent administration a "weak" candidate? Because Biden doesn't bloviate and lie to deceive morans?

That's red don's criterion for being a "strong" candidate--being the best at conning idiots.

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows an experienced, competent government official like Biden is light years ahead of a crazy conman.

[UTUSN]

7. Good that he's stressed, but no slack here till the Call on Election night. PARSCALE is

as dangerous as KKKarl and ATWATER. Normal people would think not to antagonize or discard a main player, but SHITLER's
whole m.o. has been counter intuitive, lashing out at entire voting blocs instead of courting them. Plus all the flying monkeys who want to be in his circle, whom he has humiliated and ditched. So here he is whipping a key and effective cog in his machine. This PARSCALE a-hole is smart and personally tanked up with self-esteem, making it incomprehensible that he would put up with this, but then why did he sign up in the first place, because there's no way he didn't know what he was getting into. And just the usual Greed answer doesn't fit in the end when the subject is a high powered, self-empowered person.

It's a double edge deal - how does SHITLER think alienating voters and hired Help is a good strategy and how does PARSCALE think it's worth it for himself?

[SunSeeker]

30. Yup. They're going to pull every trick in the book. We MUST come out in FULL FORCE.

[Blue Owl]

8. Oh yes you are, fuckstick

n/t

[Initech]

9. Go drink some liquid Lysol, Trump.

[rusty quoin]

23. Please.

[Yavin4]

10. Did someone in that room remind him that we are in the middle of a global pandemic?

His re-election should be the least of his concerns as 60,000 Americans have died from this virus.

[Cha]

11. Hey Assface.. you're your Own Worst Enemy.. you're FUBARED.

Be very Scared.. Biden's coming for the Job you treat like your own personal shitbag.

[Skittles]

12. I disagree that he sees Biden as a weak candidate

the reason for his impeachment tells me that is simply not true

[Hekate]

19. +1

[Wounded Bear]

32. Yeah, don't listen to what he says, watch what he does...

No matter what he says, his actions speak to the idea that he fears running against Joe.

[Totally Tunsie]

13. Awwwwww, donnie has a sad.

[TeamPooka]

14. I'd just tell him the numbers he wants to hear and go home.

[Demsrule86]

15. Donny, more than 10 Democrats felt the same way...they would beat Biden. They couldn't and you won't

either.

[Chainfire]

39. I think that your assumption

is based on a free and fair election. I don't think that that is what we will see.

[roamer65]

20. November 4 to January 20 is gonna be a rough ride, kids.

[BadgerMom]

22. No kidding.

It makes me ill even considering it. I think the amount of destruction we’ll witness will be stunning as he awaits an inauguration that packs the Mall.

[roamer65]

26. Either way it goes, it will be rough.

If he steals it like last time, it will be utter hell.

I expect separatist movements to take hold very quickly if so.

[ramen]

21. You surely are nt

[Hamlette]

24. I would love it more if he lost to a black woman

chap him hard

[DarthDem]

27. Yeah, he is

[ecstatic]

28. Secure our elections. I don't care about their strategic leaks while

he still conspires with putin behind the scenes.

I care about our elections being secured, and I want every American who wishes to vote to have an easy and hassle free way to do so. And I want all votes to count!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. In WWII, there was Operation Valkyrie. Is Operation Chickenshit Donald now underway?

[no_hypocrisy]

31. Primarily, 2020 isn't the same political equation as 2016 b/c of different variables.

1. Joe Biden will likely be the democratic nominee, not Hillary.
2. Hillary, like it or not, generated a certain animus. There were people voting for Trump just b/c they didn't like Hillary in 2016 for different reasons (e.g., being a woman, the "E-mails", Comey, etc.)
3. Third party candidates like Jill Stein took away votes from Hillary. If Amash runs, likely he would divert votes from Trump, not Biden.
4. Putin and Russia got a free shot in 2016 b/c we weren't expecting them to interfere with the general election. We're more than expecting it this year.
5. Trump was a virtual unknown candidate with only television and celebrity to propel him to become the republican nominee and the winner (allegedly) of the Electoral College. We have quite a resume/dossier on him now. He can't run away from his record.
6. There is a pandemic that is causing personal and economic crises across the country. There is a general feeling of "Try someone else. Anyone else."
7. And from a selling the product/advertising point of view, a lot of people just don't like Trump. That's different.

[delisen]

37. Your #4 is misleadiing. The Russian interference

was known in the US at the highest levels of our government. Clinton and a few former intelligence people sounded the alarm but our goverment did not inform us so most voted in ignorance.

[malaise]

33. DUers haven't seen anything like what's coming

The final meltdown will be epic

[sunonmars]

34. I honstly think if it looks like he's going to lose by the summer, he'll run away on medical grounds

and leave Pence to hold the can.

Its his way, he's a coward and his psyche would not pertain a loss. This way he can say he was never defeated.

[mercuryblues]

35. These polls were done BEFORE trump

said to inject disinfectant into you lung and shove a UV light up your ass. This is catching on in down ticket races. One of grahams major donors has endorsed Jamie Harrison. Harrison is polling neck to neck with Graham in SC.

If we get the vote out, trump is out.

[spanone]

36. YES you are donnie. you sick piece o' shit.

[Kablooie]

40. Yay! Everything he says is a lie so this is good to hear!

[smirkymonkey]

42. Oh, YES you are, you bloated, orange POS!

And we can't wait to see you go and finally see you and your family get prosecuted for your numerous crimes while in office and before. Nobody will pardon you then.