Former President Donald Trump’s present spate of “mean-spiritedness” exhibits that he’s actually feeling the strain of the 2024 election, New York Occasions reporter Maggie Haberman urged on Monday.
Lashing out is what the Republican nominee “does when he appears like he’s beneath menace, he’s cornered or threatened,” Haberman informed CNN’s Dana Bash.
Trump this weekend launched blistering attacks on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, his spouse and different Republicans within the state.
Haberman acknowledged that Trump “typically could be very imply in his assaults” however mentioned not too long ago it’s “been more durable to discern as a result of he hasn’t been as public.”
The assault on Kemp, nevertheless, was “form of extra evocative of January 2021 than something that we have now seen within the final 12 months,” mentioned Haberman in video shared on-line by Mediaite.
“No one wants to wonder if he’s involved in regards to the state of this race” towards Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, Haberman added. “Simply take a look at what he’s saying on the path.”