Trump wants another October surprise. His efforts to manufacture one are ham-handed.

[Demovictory9]

Donald Trump’s 2016 surprise victory had the proverbial thousand fathers: a uniquely unpopular Democratic nominee in Hillary Clinton, Russian interference, his supposedly insurmountable personal and political liabilities which smoothed the way for protest votes and an electric connection with his white, non-college-educated base. He also got a historic October surprise when then-FBI Director James Comey announced — 11 days before the election — that the agency had reopened an investigation into Clinton’s emailing habits. The investigation went nowhere but gave Trump a critical late boost.

Fast-forward four years and Trump once again lags in the polls, but by a larger margin. Thus, he is apparently trying to rerun the 2016 campaign: he’s focusing on the same voters who narrowly elected him four years ago, rather than trying to expand his coalition and, unable to gain much traction against former Vice President Joe Biden, he’s trying to revive the Clinton email controversy.

And he’s repeatedly tried to produce a new Comey-esque moment to scramble the polls at the last minute – without any success to date. He and his team have ginned up multiple investigations of his political adversaries, promised a pre-election Covid vaccine and, just this week, tried once again to make Biden’s son, Hunter, a campaign issue. But, one after the other, these would-be game-changers have fizzled and flopped.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-wants-another-october-surprise-his-efforts-manufacture-one-are-ncna1243493

[Thekaspervote]

1. Got anything else dotard?? This isn't 16 and Biden is a much different candidate

But...go ahead, knock yourself out your desperation is showing the voters how horrible you are

[abqtommy]

2. Let's all remember that Hillary was so "uniquely unpopular" in 2016 that she won the

popular vote. All tRUMP won was the ratfucking and he/reTHUGS/cultists and sPUTIN are still trying to win using that strategy. It's past time to stand up to these bastards.

[The Genealogist]

3. You'd think people would tire of him crying wolf all the time

How many times has he tried and failed this year to smear Joe Biden? His attempts to throw things at the wall and see if they stick are absurd. His chief keystone cop, Rudy Giuliani, has been working overtime with only comically ridiculous results. I think Wally and The Beav could team up with Eddie Haskell and cook up something more convincing than his team of knuckleheads have so far.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I'm sure Putin will help him out...

Putin knows what he is doing and that tRump won't make it far without him.

[Enterstageleft]

5. Wasn't there a ad like that...

"Fizzle, fizzle, flop, flop, oh what a relief it is".