Donald Trump is in a bad way.

His campaign has completely lost its bearings with the withdrawal of Joe Biden and the ecstatic reception of the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket among the Democratic faithful. He is so upset about losing Biden as his opponent that he's even taken to posting freaky fan-fic on his Truth Social Platform, hopefully suggesting that Biden is going to storm the convention and take back the nomination:

Some of that is a classic "I know you are but what am I" Trump set up to rationalize a loss in November. He's going to say the Democrats staged a coup and usurped the Constitution by replacing Joe Biden on the ballot. It's laughably absurd but it will soothe him to say it and give his followers something to hang on to. But it's also obvious that he just can't wrap his mind around the fact that he has to run against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. It's so confusing to him that he can't even leave Mar-a-Lago anymore. While the Democratic nominees are barnstorming the country with Trump's VP choice JD Vance trailing behind them with pathetic, cringe-inducing stunts, Trump himself is doing just one rally this week — in an irrelevant deep red state that he will certainly win.

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Philip Bump of the Washington Post has the numbers showing how much he has slowed down:

Trump is holding far fewer rallies than he did in 2016 and has held far fewer public appearances than he did in 2020, the two previous times he sought the presidency.

A review of Trump’s activities in July and August of those previous years shows the difference. From July 1 to Aug. 10, 2016, Trump held 22 rallies, including six days on which he held multiple rallies. Over the rest of August, he added 15 more rallies. This year, he’s held seven rallies with another........

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