More Than 10 Harris vs. Trump Questions
“THE MORNING MEETING” DAYBOOK
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024
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DAYBOOK, all Eastern Time unless otherwise noted
* Kamala Harris
Fourth day in a row with no public schedule:
* Donald Trump
In a speech Monday to National Guard soldiers in Michigan, former President Donald Trump is expected to promote his foreign policy record and tie Vice President Kamala Harris to one of the Biden administration’s lowest points: the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.
The speech coincides with the third anniversary of the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghans. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is set to appear at 2 p.m. Eastern time at the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition in Detroit.
* Joe Biden
* JD Vance
* Tim Walz
Nothing available at press time.
* Doug Emhoff
* Elizabeth Warren
“The Morning Meeting” topics:
* From Monday’s edition of Mark Halperin’s Wide World of News newsletter (subscribe here — and get the answers too):
1. When will the first Kamala Harris interview be, who will conduct it, and how will it go?
2. When will we get the first wave of legit post-Chicago battleground state polling and what will said polls show?
3. What negative frame will Trump try to apply to Harris?
4. How is the Trump campaign going to deploy Bobby Kennedy?
5. Is Trump reopening the debate about debates?
6. What TV and digital ads will the presidential campaigns and their allies put real money behind?
7. When – if ever -- will the investigative reporting bandwidth move off of Tim Walz and JD Vance and onto Kamala Harris?
8. Will the Middle East blow up?
9. What role will Joe Biden play in the election?
10. Is Drudge going to favor Harris every news cycle through Election Day?
ESSENTIAL READING/VIEWING
* CNN:
On Monday, the former president will address the National Guard Association’s conference in Detroit; on Thursday, he will travel to Michigan for a speech on the economy before participating in a town hall in Wisconsin that evening. On Friday, he will hold a rally in Pennsylvania, then head to Washington, DC, to speak at the “Joyful Warriors” summit, held by the conservative Moms for Liberty group….
Moving forward, Trump will focus on battlegrounds where mail-in ballots will soon go out and early voting locations will first open, including in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, as well as states tilting toward one party or the other, such as Minnesota and Florida. The Trump campaign also plans to bolster its teams on the ground in those states, as well as to deploy surrogates to hold get-out-the-vote events.
As he did over the last week, Trump is expected to hold smaller events — in addition to his larger rallies — centered on tailored messages in the hope that some guardrails could help the campaign better focus their candidate. Unlike Trump’s sprawling, daylong rallies, these stops will take place in more intimate venues with fewer people and — many of his allies hope — a sharper focus.
* Politico:
* Watch this Kamala Harris, commander-in-chief video from TikTok via X.