He did little to quell reports that he is melting down over Harrisās poll numbers.
Amidst reports that he hasĀ becomeĀ ungluedby having to compete withĀ Kamala Harris for the presidency,Ā Donald TrumpĀ held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. And if the goal was to reassure people that (1) he is not at all freaked out by the vice presidentāsĀ rising poll numbersĀ and (2) he is the best candidate for the White House, he was not exactly successful!
Trump repeatedly insulted Harrisās intelligence, calling her ābarely competent,ā saying that she ācanāt do a news conferenceā because āsheās not smart enough,ā and claiming that sheās ānot as smartā asĀ Joe Biden. (As a reminder, TrumpĀ thinksĀ there were airports during the Revolutionary War and that itāsĀ safe to inject bleachĀ into the body; heās also beenĀ describedĀ as an idiot by numerous people who worked for him.)
Thereās the idea that he believes heās entitled to a second term. And thereās so much he wants to do and it must be done as soon as possible. If any of that is even vaguely true, he wonāt drop out.
(The fact heās not getting any younger might be in there somewhere, but he probably doesnāt think about that at all if he can help it.)
He needs to become president again to stay out of prison.