Geist: It Isn’t Terribly Surprising Trump Is Most Worried About Biden as Primary Opponent

‘Trump’s main focus was on his own approval numbers’

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GEIST: "Those head-to-head polls that showed Joe Biden beating him, it had something to do with why President Trump is so worried about Biden. This isn't terribly surprising. If you talk anybody around the White House, for weeks and months he's most worried about Joe Biden as a primary opponent in a race to become president. But the fact that he doesn't care particularly about the reelection campaign,as 'The New York Times' piece paints President Trump as the guy who is distracted at meetings and doesn’t want to know exactly what’s happening, doesn’t want to hear about polls that may reflect poorly on him. Also, the piece says he isn’t particularly interested in what he would do if he won in an agenda for second term, so it leaves you wondering what exactly is he interested in, what exactly is he focused on, and that's the fight of the moment. The piece also talks about him being concerned that he hasn't delivered on his border wall. I think that’s probably why you've seen him lashing out, threatening tariffs against Mexico to show to those voters that he is being tough, that he is working on delivering on those immigration promises.“

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