Trump’s VP rollout and convention planning complicated by Biden woes as former president looks to regain spotlight
CNN
Donald Trump is entering a critical stretch of his presidential campaign in an unfamiliar place: out of the spotlight.
Donald Trump is entering a critical stretch of his presidential campaign in an unfamiliar place: out of the spotlight. Over the next 10 days, the former president will announce his running mate, hold a pair of campaign rallies and kick off a Republican convention in Milwaukee where he will officially become the party’s presidential nominee for the third time in eight years. But the rollout of Trump’s summer plans have been overshadowed by the dramatic fallout over President Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance and a Democratic Party in the throes of a crisis about its expected nominee. While the Trump campaign was happy to sit back and watch Biden and his allies spiral through the holiday weekend, the former president is quickly approaching a marquee period over which he planned to be the center of attention. That is no longer the expectation, though, and his campaign is now trying to navigate how to maximize the rollout of his vice presidential pick under unprecedented circumstances while pulling off a convention that can successfully set up the new ticket for the final 3½ months of the race. Uncertainty around Biden may have also injected new factors for Trump and his advisers to consider in a running mate. Though Trump had previously indicated he had already made a selection “in my mind,” a Republican fundraiser close to the former president said the prospect of Biden ending his White House bid has likely altered Trump’s calculus.
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