The polls are bad, his own camp doubts: in difficulty, Donald Trump crisscrossed Florida on Friday, a state that he can hardly afford to lose if he wants to win against Joe Biden on November 3.
Nothing is played, of course.
There are 18 days of campaign left.
"We are going to witness a red wave (the color of the Republicans, editor's note) of an unprecedented amplitude"
, launched from Ocala, the American president who is counting on an intense field campaign to, as in 2016, make people lie. surveys.
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Opting for an increasingly aggressive register -
"Joe Biden is a disaster (...) Joe Biden is a corrupt politician" -
the tenant of the White House throws all his strength into the battle to prevent the "Sunshine State" , which he narrowly won in 2016, does not switch to the Democratic side.
"On election day (...) we are going to inflict a resounding defeat on Sleepy Joe
," he thundered in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
The American president, 74, was to speak in the evening from Macon, Georgia, a state where he had largely preceded Hillary Clinton four years ago but where he is behind Joe Biden, 77, in the latest polls.
The bad news is piling up and the feverishness is more palpable every day in the Republican camp, which seems to no longer pay attention to presidential tweets.
Several tenors of the “GOP” (Grand Old Party, the Republican Party) are now openly worried about a Democratic tidal wave.
After the doubts expressed aloud by Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, it was Ben Sasse, elected from Nebraska, who expressed his deep concerns.
Donald Trump is a
"mediocre"
leader
, he said, deeming his defeat likely, in a recording revealed by the media.
"He laughs at evangelicals behind their backs, his family took advantage of the presidency as a business opportunity, he flirted with white supremacists,"
he said.