Trump has cycled furiously through a series of personal insults against Harris. Those efforts have generated negative headlines — about Trump, rather than Harris. Trump blamed in national discussion of questioning secession. Trump said that her mother was born in Indian and her father was born in Jamaica — was actually Black. That left donors and aides baffled and alarmed, according to a Republican donor, an operative at a pro-Trump super PAC spending group, and a Trump-supporting union leader. Trump has also been firing off multiple, convoluted missives on his Truth Social app, including one on Tuesday in which he mused about Biden returning to the top of the ticket. In the spring and earlier this summer, as public opinion polls showed Trump expanding his lead over Biden in battleground states, the former president did events in what had been considered safe Democratic areas Minnesota, Virginia and even New York City in a bid to expand the electoral map. Trump is getting outspent on campaign ads in battleground states, according to AdImpact, a firm that tracks campaign ad spending. Trump campaign’s significant new ad buy in North Carolina, which had looked likely to remain Republican until Harris’ ascension energized Black and young voters. However, the Harris campaign is already up on the air in the state.
