Inside the worst three weeks of Donald Trump’s campaign
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa., last month. Mr. Trump has struggled to regain his footing after President Biden suspended his re-election campaign and elevated Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket. AP
The August 2 dinner at the Bridgehampton, New York, home of Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO, was a high-powered affair. Among the roughly 130 people who dined under an air-conditioned tent were some of Donald Trump’s wealthiest supporters, including billionaire hedge fund financier Bill Ackman, who sat next to the former president, and Omeed Malik, the president of another fund, 1789 Capital.
Some guests hoped Trump would signal that he was recalibrating after a series of damaging mistakes. He did not.
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