CNN: “President Donald Trump’s relentless effort to undermine Joe Biden as ‘Sleepy Joe’ backfired this week when the former vice president delivered a forceful speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. Now the pressure is on the President to right his own campaign as he heads into the Republican National Convention next week.”
“Trump, a former television producer and the ultimate showman, is heavily involved in the planning for the four-day extravaganza that will give him an opportunity for a reset. He is aiming to create a more dynamic program than the Democrats with more live programming and audience interaction to lift his poll numbers. Over the course of the summer, Trump has fallen behind Biden in national polls amid voters’ disapproval of the President’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the protests against police brutality and systematic racism following the death of George Floyd. He must now match Biden’s well-received appearance and try to generate excitement for his reelection campaign at a time when many Americans are rightly focused on the pandemic.”