WASHINGTON -- Last Saturday night, over dinner at the White House, Bernard Marcus, a top Republican donor, told President Donald Trump he was alarmed at Trump's plummeting poll numbers and Jared Kushner's stewardship of his father-in-law's reelection effort.Trump sought to assuage Marcus&
WASHINGTON — Last Saturday night, over dinner at the White House, Bernard Marcus, a top Republican donor, told President Donald Trump he was alarmed at Trump’s plummeting poll numbers and Jared Kushner’s stewardship of his father-in-law’s reelection effort.
The disconnect between the surge in coronavirus cases and Trump’s dismissive stance toward the pandemic has been particularly pronounced, mystifying Democrats and Republicans alike; this week, as some states halted their reopening because of a record-setting number of new cases, the president predicted the virus would “just disappear.”
Yet as demoralizing as June was for many Republicans, what was less visible were the frenetic, and often fruitless, attempts by top Republicans to soothe the president and steer him away from self-sabotage, while also manipulating him to serve their own purposes. Some of Trump’s advisers say their internal polling is more competitive than myriad public surveys showing the president in a deep hole. The debates, which could reorient the race, still loom, and even as Biden catches up, the president still enjoys substantial fundraising and organizational advantages.
In an interview, Kushner, whose influence in the administration is exceeded only by Trump, said his strategy amounted to letting the president dictate his own reelection. Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, sent the president a memo last week that White House officials described as a blunt warning that he will lose if he does not stop running the 2016 campaign all over again and urging him to develop a clear vision for the next four years.
Kushner and Parscale appear increasingly at odds. Kushner has sent mixed signals about his view of the campaign manager: In a meeting with Republican officials this week, Kushner repeatedly shushed Parscale and told him to “shut up,” according to multiple people familiar with the events, but at other times he has urged friends of the president to tell Trump they think Parscale is doing a good job.
His campaign frequently trumpets the president’s record of success in influencing nominating contests, and in private, campaign officials wield his endorsement as a barely veiled threat. There have been strides, if tardy ones, toward a more functional political structure. A key Florida-based operative who was dismissed because the governor of Florida wanted her fired was suddenly brought back this week.
Trump is sometimes unaware of moves made in his name, even though Kushner has made it part of his role to ensure that people don’t take advantage of him. At times, his newness to national politics haunts him as other Republicans seek to have him promote their agendas.
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