Donald Trump said he believes he is better looking than Kamala Harris. The former President made the remarks during a campaign stop in York, Pennsylvania, where he also mocked a drawing of the Vice President that recently featured on Time Magazine’s cover. He said the drawing was commissioned because the publication could not find a good picture of Harris and that it was deliberately drawn to flatter her. Trump remarked that the drawing made the Vice President look like glamorous Hollywood icons like Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren.
The former President went on to describe how an aide told him that Harris had a huge advantage over him because she was a “beautiful woman.” Mr. Trump scoffed at the idea and said, “I’m much better looking than her.” The remarks elicited loud cheers and laughter from the Pennsylvania crowd.
Nevertheless, Republican commentators once again pointed out that Trump failed to stay on message at the York rally. Speaking at the Precision Custom Components plant in Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump appeared subdued in a speech dotted with pauses. The event was subject to widespread online mocking and criticism and a growing chorus of concerned Republican voices who believe he may cause significant losses for the party in November.
An unnamed GOP lawmaker reportedly stated that Trump is in his “sixth or seventh season of a show that was once funny.”
Media reports further indicate the Republican donors are pleading with the former President to stop personal attacks on Kamala Harris and to end his fixation with crowd sizes. A Trump insider, who spoke anonymously, said the Republican candidate should have an easy job to do, which is to focus on immigration and inflation, but stated that Trump is struggling to do so because he is struggling to adjust to a new candidate in Kamala Harris.
Conservative radio host Steve Deace agreed and said Republicans would spend much of the Presidential campaign on edge, waiting for the axe to fall. He said Mr. Trump could “at any time construct a narrative that’s self-destructive.” Longtime ally Kellyanne Conway said Trump’s only winning formula is “fewer insults, more insights, and policy contrast.
