Faced with harsh opinion polls, Trump has leaned towards playing victim

On Thursday afternoon, former Vice President Joseph R. President Trump said he had won the debate against Biden Jr., who later complained about how the Presidential Debate Commission might change the procedures for his next event. Opponent again.

“Why should I allow the Debating Commission to change the rules for the second and third debates when I won easily last time?” Mr. Trump Tweeted, Raises the expectation that he should not move forward with their second planned discussion.

Shortly afterwards, his political advisers dedicated a 20-minute campaign call with reporters to denounce the commission members by name and accuse them of being “pro”. Mr. Advisers insisted Trump would take part in future debates, but the complaint did not express confidence.

A day earlier, Mr. Trump insisted he was denied because of his confusing and widely debated debating performance. At a campaign rally in Duluth that night, he complained that there was not enough media available for nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

“We got nothing!” He told the crowd.

For more than four years, Mr. Trump often changed his stance on issues, issued conflicting statements, and was replaced by rotating staff.

At every turn it is a constant that the president portrays himself as a victim.

Whether the late Senator John McCain, the media enforcers of standards in the media, or the Democrats or Republican opponents of Congress, such as the indictment or, now the Debate Commission, Mr. Trump has repeatedly blamed others for the problems and self-injury, which he hopes will attract shared grievances among his supporters.

That intuition is now increasingly on display as he faces the menacing ballot that shows up behind him in his re-election campaign, a position that aides say is incomprehensible to someone who has long had his personal brand “on winning”. Some of the advisers inside and outside the White House, Mr. Trump has telegraphed that he is afraid he will get lost, and in particular, that he is afraid of appearing to the disrespectful Mr Biden.

Mr. Trump has taken to describing shadows on almost every wall: false claims that the election is “bad” against him, complaints that his record on the corona virus epidemic economy is “unreasonable” are part of a concerted effort by his own government to undermine those who disagree with him on policy matters.

He has leveled accusations against Democrats who want more comprehensive public health measures, and says he does not agree with Republican rules in the aid package for people affected by the corona virus, which usually harms his re-election chances.

Mr. Even the personal harassment of Trump’s former campaign manager, Brad Barscale, has left the president alone for months and Mr. Who Trump has downplayed over the summer has become a vehicle for blame. When told to Mr. Trump a few days ago Mr. He was detained by Parscale police For threatening to harm him, Mr. The president ordered aides to write a statement criticizing Porsche, calling them “Democrats” and “Republicans in name.”

To claim to be a victim of the political establishment is to say that Mr. Trump has been important to his political personality since entering the 2016 presidential election. If he loses this time, he has laid the groundwork for a large number of voters to accept his claim that it was taken incorrectly from him.

Mr. Peter King, Republican Representative for Long Island He called Trump’s play on self-pity a “double-edged sword.” It has been successful in using the base of his electorate which he considers to be fighting for them, but he still does not necessarily have to convince others.

“I think it is important for the president to mobilize his base and tell some independent voters that the media is unfair to him,” he said. “But he can exaggerate that hand, so he has to look at it.”

Since responding to the corona virus infection, Mr. As far as Trump’s misrepresentations go, Trump is avoiding responsibility as the White House trademark in big and small things. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Trump’s modus operandi is to blame anything that went wrong. But in one epidemic, more than 200,000 people have died and millions have lost their jobs, Mr. It is best that Trump complains that this system is unfair to him.

“The only way to convince people that you are not a loser is to make them realize that you are a victim,” said Amanda Carpenter, a Bulwark columnist and former communications director for Senator Ted Cruz. “Any cheating against him is the ultimate ego defender because he never has to admit his appearance.”

But Mr. Trump’s habit of blaming others has done little to erase the reality of the restricted voting he faces against Mr Biden.

Among the nationwide and most important oscillating states, Mr. A small majority of voters reject the job that Trump has been doing as president for most of his tenure. Mr. Voters are unlikely to buy into his argument that Biden is proposing a dangerous alternative.

According to opinion polls conducted last week, Mr. Mr. Trump. Pitanai is five to 10 points behind the rest of the country. His fortunes did not improve in several major swing states, including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona: Recent polls From New York Times And Siena College In each of those three states, he had an eight- to 10-point lead over voters. Showed Pitan. Together Small exception, Any credible survey this month by Mr. None of them highlighted Trump.

He sees the president defending himself in every state he overthrew four years ago, including Iowa. Times / Siana poll Mr Biden scored three points this month. Even in the southern states that were key to his victory in 2016, such as North Carolina and Florida, the polls showed Mr. They show him in an explosive fight with Biden because he is somewhere else – the confidence of suburban voters who were narrow in support of him four years ago because of the unpopularity and inability he maintained among women.

His angry performance in Tuesday’s debate did not allay the concerns of such voters. A CNN Snap poll Held that night among registered voters, with more than two to one, the debate audience thought Mr Biden was the winner.

Reminding most voters of how unpopular his militant, disgusting style was, respondents by an equally wide margin – 67 to 32 percent – said the president’s attack on Mr Biden that night was unjustified.

The Debate Commission is expected to announce some changes in the format for the remaining two presidential debates soon. Mr. It remains to be seen whether Trump will use October 15 as a justification for avoiding his next debate.

Republican strategist Scott Jennings, mr. He said he sympathized with some of Trump’s complaints, especially his media coverage.

But Mr. He described the mistakes Trump had made, following which people rallied to his side, comforting him and then fighting for him – without the president ever acknowledging that he was the one who kicked that kind of tiring cycle.

“It is statistically impossible for a person to be completely victimized 100 percent of the time,” Mr. Jennings said. “Sometimes you just brought it on yourself.”

Giovanni Rusonello contributed to the reporting.