UPDATE, AUGUST 18: Two more interviews about the “circus” of Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign….
First, a discussion with BBC West Midlands on Wednesday afternoon about the state of the in-trouble candidacy. How can Trump save this? “Only if he stops being Donald Trump.”
Then, a Thursday afternoon conversation with Monocle 24’s The Briefing which begins with Michael Moore’s conspiracy theory that Trump, having entered the race merely to get a better contract for a reality TV series, will now drop out of the contest.
After knocking back Moore’s headline-grabbing speculation — “Trump is too much of a narcissist to quit” — the discussion moves to more serious issues such as the deep division between the Republican Party establishment — which will concentrate on the races in Congress — and the candidate.
Listen from 14:55:
I spoke with BBC Radio Foyle on Tuesday morning about the latest developments in the US Presidential campaign, focusing on Republican nominee Donald Trump and whether he is doomed by his aggressive and divisive declarations.
We begin by looking at Trump’s latest proposal for “extreme” vetting of Muslims wishing to visit the US and then ask wider questions about his approach, his stability, and his chances for victory.
Trump doesn’t have any defined plans. He speaks off the top of his head.
Those people who are with Trump are going to be with him come hell or high water until November. There is a section of the American public who — sometimes out of fear, sometimes out of anger, a lot of times just by not understanding what is going on — will [back this].
But the longer this goes on, the more Trump alienates people who are more to the center of American politics.
