John Heilemann: Trump Just Talks About Himself Not About the Voters

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HEILEMANN: “I just — you know, I don’t — it’s hard for me to see — what was the combo for Trump in 2016 was the Comey letter, which was a genuinely game-changing thing, along with Trump’s discipline at the end. Those two things, his ability to not just be — to stay on an economic message, to talk about draining the swamp, et cetera. In this setting you have a much less impactful story and one that looks like it may have no impact whosoever in the Hunter Biden email — the Hunter Biden hard drive story. And then you have Trump who last night, even though I said he was a little better than he was in the first debate, you still saw a little bit of a festivus quality to the debate, the airing of grievances. And instead of doing what he did in 2016 and stay focused on an actual economic and change message, all that Trump is doing now on the campaign trail, as he did last night in the debate, is air his grievances, talk about himself, not talk about voters. So I foresee that continuing for the next 11 days.”