Who is the new Trump: Will the team he has recruited succeed in getting him on track?

August 22, 2016   

At Donald Trump's last campaign event, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Trump did not attack the photographers and news crews there. The standard line that instructed the audience to "look back and see the most lying people you've ever met, the most dishonest people there are" was absent. Trump, with the advice of his new campaign team, realized that physical attacks on the media were not getting him anywhere. On Twitter, he still maintains this cutting edge. With his verbal spear and over 10 million followers, Trump continues to spar with journalists. But that too may diminish. The daily email, titled Media Bias of the Day, has also stopped arriving. There have been quite a few indications that Trump's campaign against journalists and the media has been ineffective. Someone, perhaps the new strategist Kellyanne Conway, told him - she's an expert on polling - that the public isn't interested in his love-hate relationships with journalists, and is more interested in solutions to their daily lives. And so, with the exception of tweets, Trump hasn't been involved in journalism lately. On the other hand, he has added Steve Bannon, chairman of the Breitbart website, to his senior campaign team, and, according to a report in the New York Times this morning, Sean Hannity, the mega-celebrity right-wing journalist (I saw him at the Republican convention walking down the stadium corridor with a trail of fans running after him trying to take a selfie), Advises Trump informally.Hannity told the New York Times that whatever he says publicly on air, he also says to his old friend - Trump - privately. "I can't help but express my opinion... I don't hide the fact that I want Trump to be the next president of the United States. After all, I never claimed to be a journalist." In the US, it is reported that it was Kellyanne Conway who also advised Trump to apologize. Last Thursday, Trump did listen - and issued a general apology. He did not explain who he meant or which of the things he said (there were so many). A basket-like apology, the kind that you can shove everything into, not out of deep sorrow for his behavior, but out of an understanding that on November 8, people need to go to the polls and feel among themselves that they can connect with Trump, like him, understand that he is a tough man, but that he also has sensitive sides. Conway, who owns a polling company and is particularly an expert in the field of gender, understands that Trump is currently weak among women. And there, expressing emotions (a little) may help. And what will happen next? Trump may also hold fewer mass support rallies and focus more on what Americans call Retail Politics or Retail Campaign. These are seemingly spontaneous meetings with ordinary citizens, who are shopping or in cafes. The candidate walks down the street, meets people, shakes hands and talks to them about current affairs. Picks up a few babies, hugs the elderly and makes direct contact. The media follows the candidate and documents every peep. The danger in these types of meetings is that unexpected mishaps or authentic people may take over the public agenda on the main channels. Another concern: Trump has previously admitted that he is concerned about germs. He does not like touching and shaking hands. So this type of activity may not be suitable. Will Trump's situation improve in the polls? And in public opinion of him? I'm guessing so. He has been holding out for about a week without a major mishap. No fight with the parents of a dead soldier, no unfounded claims about US foreign relations, no insults hurled at his party leaders. How long will he last like this? Good question. Clinton Foundation fundraising This morning he was interviewed on Fox News, calling for the closure of the Clinton Foundation, a fundraising and donation fund run by Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton, due to publications (New York Times investigation) for the massive fundraising of the fund from foreign countries. The fund received $10 million from Saudi Arabia and additional funds from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, and more. Hillary Clinton is under attack that during her time as Secretary of State, the US State Department continued to conduct itself as usual with elements who donated large amounts of capital to her family foundation. The foundation's annual event is scheduled to take place in New York in September, a huge production to which world leaders are invited. The Democratic Party is pressuring Clinton to cancel the production, which will clearly present to the public the depth of her connections with businessmen, donors, and heads of foreign states. In addition, Bill Clinton convened the organization's employees last week and informed them that the foundation Stop soliciting donations from foreign countries.. And what about the announcements? A few days ago, Trump released his first television spot. The campaign ad aired in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania over 10 days and focused on the issue of immigration. But Trump missed almost the entire month of August, when Hillary ClintonAnd has spent 61 million dollars so far (!) On election ads, during the peak viewing of the Olympics, on NBC. [youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odYHGAicJ7k" width="600" height="400" responsive="yes" autoplay="no"] Clinton's latest election ad focuses on Trump not releasing his tax returns. [youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf2I_my3MhU" width="600" height="400" responsive="yes" autoplay="no"]