Trump visited East Palestine to show support for a community afflicted by the toxic train derailment as President Joe Biden, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and other administration officials have come under scrutiny for the federal response to the disaster.
Trump’s campaign has seemed lethargic since he announced this third bid for the White House in as many election cycles, as he seeks to become the first president to serve nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. Trump won Ohio, usually seen as a battleground state, fairly easily in both 2016 and 2020. He carried the areas surrounding East Palestine by even bigger margins.
Biden is already trying hard to outflank Trump on protecting U.S. manufacturing jobs and make inroads among blue-collar voters ahead of what figures to be yet another competitive presidential election. In the last few years, Trump’s fixation on personal vendettas has dulled the sharp, gut-level political instincts that enabled him to defeat 17 more experienced office-seekers from both parties en route to the biggest upset presidential victory in living memory.
Typical 'fake news' writing. If you think Trump's base is lethargic, you really need to leave the confines of DC and go out into the real world, where average Americans are suffering under the inept 'leadership' of this current disaster of an administration.
His third bid? It's funny you use the the term lethargic when speaking about Trumps campaign. Lethargic is what I see everyday in the Whitehouse.
Sadly, Trump has proven in 2020 and 2024 he cannot win the swing states. Time to move on.
Vintage lies? Oh my. No, thanks.
If trump gets his way into the WH, how can people know he will ever get out of it this time? It’s a scary thought experiment.
It was vintage opportunist crap from a guy who could not care less about anyone but himself. Considering it was an area that was always loyal to him, it was something of a safe space. Shame he was not so keen with previous situations.
Vintage Trump grifting.