“If campaign managers matter on the margins in a normal campaign, they matter even less in Trump’s world. Trump, having had his ‘gut’ instinct reinforced by virtue of winning, cannot be guided, cajoled, or persuaded by mere staffers” writes The Daily Beast’s Matt Lewis.
“Does anyone think Parscale (assuming he had the sense to try) would have been allowed to downplay the estimated turnout at that Tulsa rally? Does anyone think they could go to Trump and explain to him that holding a rally in a pandemic is a bad idea?”
“Yeah, me neither.”
“At the end of the day, this election is about Donald Trump—and Donald Trump’s campaign will be managed by Donald Trump. As fun as it is to talk about the palace intrigue, the best way to put this campaign shake-up in context is to understand this: He’s rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”