Have the Larry Holmes Syndromes fully set in on Trump, is it time for him to get his own wing at Larry Holmes Gardens?

[Elim Garak]

Former President Trump first defined his political brand and paved his path to the White House with big, raucous rallies — but he's hitting the trail much less frequently this time around.
By the numbers: Trump held 72 rallies between June and September of 2016. He's held 24 in that period this year, with another on the calendar for Monday.

Trump's campaign tells Axios he'll soon ramp up his schedule with "multiple rallies per week" in the final stretch of the campaign. He'd have to ramp up quite a bit to match the past two cycles.

• Trump held 69 rallies in October and early November of 2016, taking the stage as many as five times per day in the stretch run.
• Even with the pandemic raging in 2020, Trump controversially hit the road with 15 rallies in September and 43 over the five weeks leading up to Election Day.
• Trump stopped holding outdoor rallies for a few weeks after surviving a July assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, but resumed in late August. He held a rally on Saturday in North Carolina and has another scheduled for Monday in Pennsylvania.

Breaking it down: People in Trump's camp give three primary reasons he's hitting the road less this time, Axios' Sophia Cai reports:

1. He's a known quantity. The campaign feels less need to define him or his candidacy for voters this time around.
2. Rallies are expensive. Trump's campaign managers this cycle are keeping a closer hold on the purse strings.
3. He's older, and more inclined to spend his time at Mar-a-Lago.

What they're saying: "President Trump's signature rallies remain a staple of his efforts on the campaign trail," campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told Axios, adding that Trump had also "mixed it up" with retail campaigning and other "non-rally events."

• Trump appears frequently on cable TV and podcasts, often from his home in Florida. Meanwhile his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, has been criss-crossing the swing states.
• The Harris campaign has needled Trump with suggestions the magic is gone from his rallies, with smaller crowds that dwindle as he speaks.
• In the statement, Leavitt claimed "his rallies during this election cycle have been bigger and better than ever before."

Between the lines: It's little surprise Trump kept a lighter schedule earlier in the campaign.

• His calendar was complicated by court dates, and his then-opponent, President Biden, wasn't exactly lighting up the campaign trail — or the polls.
• Now, though, Trump is in a neck-and-neck race against a candidate who has proven no slouch at firing up her own base.

 

[bnew]

dude has dementia, the other day he said bring back johnny carson who has been dead for years now. not the first time he's referenced dead people as if they were still alive.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

dude has dementia, the other day he said bring back johnny carson who has been dead for years now. not the first time he's referenced dead people as if they were still alive.

Watch him refer to some random broad at a rally as Estelle Getty

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

People walking out of his rallies. Clearly shows it's not him that his "supporters" like, it's his racism.

 

[Sk3ptical]

Orange boy is a corpse

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

nikka jus goin thru the motions

 

[bnew]

nikka jus goin thru the motions

in 2020 he said if he didn't win the election, we wouldn't hear from him again.

 

[feelosofer]

Donald doesn't have to really do rallies like that. His worldview hasn't changed. He is getting older and clearly getting senile but yet he will still get anywhere from 46 to 50% of the votes.

 

[IWasntMadeToPlayTheSon]

I think he has PTSD from when he almost got shot…idk why that angle isn’t being discussed

 

[Elim Garak]

I think he has PTSD from when he almost got shot…idk why that angle isn’t being discussed

The trend started before the attempt though.

 

[Elim Garak]

Donald doesn't have to really do rallies like that. His worldview hasn't changed. He is getting older and clearly getting senile but yet he will still get anywhere from 46 to 50% of the votes.

I don't buy it. You don't win elections by not putting in the work. Also if this were true you would think they would be hiding JD Vance until the election was over at this point.

 

[beenz]

He's a lazy fat fukk, thus he's not gonna go out and campaign in 2024.

 

[RageKage]

nikka jus goin thru the motions

Psst..he is not planning on losing, even if he doesn't get the votes and loses

 

[Ghost Utmost]

Is Trump old?

He's literally the oldest candidate ever besides Jiggy Joe

 

[King Poetic]

He still might win and that scary

So many of his fan base is all caught up with the whole illegal immigration shyt

And when u have fox news and even CNN has changed all showing and talking about illegals and keep replaying the same 3 videos of illegals doing crime , that fan base gets scared and worry even though they tucked away far from them