Vanity Fair political correspondent Gabriel Sherman’s newest Trump World/GOP insider quote-fest is up and about as much of a shitshow as the last one. Here are the best parts:
- “‘Trump thought [Karen] Bass would help him with the Cubans in Florida'”
- “‘The demographics favor the Democrats. Trump still thinks this is Ronald Reagan’s America, and it’s not,’ said [a] Republican source.”
- “One reason for Trump’s optimism [over Kamala Harris being picked] may be that he’s living in a right-wing-media bubble where Biden is presented as a cartoon of a doddering old man controlled by antifa, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—and now Harris.”
- “One Republican close to the West Wing speculated that Trump doesn’t like doing small events like factory visits because they promote other people’s companies. ‘He thinks, Why should I do that?’ the Republican said.”
- “Trump has been fuming to aides about the coronavirus surge, lately blaming Florida governor Ron DeSantis for the exploding numbers. ‘He thinks Ron has made it a lot worse,’ said a Republican who spoke to Trump about the Sunshine State.”