I’ll tell you why the shake up (of course I don’t really know, it’s just imho)
Under Manafort’s prompting (pun in tended) Trump has been using the teleprompter more. Trump is conflicted between this professional political advice and his own gut.
He gave it a try. It isn’t working. The teleprompter takes the Trump persona out of the equation and it’s his best asset.
Granted, “off the cuff” has it’s problems, but Trump speaking directly to each individual listening is his personal appeal. You feel like he is talking directly to YOU. I think in his own mind, he is doing just that. It’s not fake, he means it. It’s just Trump.
With written structured notes/outline, including complete text of important points, would go a long way to fix the “off the cuff” problems. The rest, well, is just Trump being Trump. You’ll just have to deal with it.
I hope his new team structure thinks this way also.
While I think Trump will win in a landslide, to go all out, including “running up the score”, is the best strategy for victory. CRUSH ‘EM!
addendum to my post....
Obama is supposedly this great speaker (HURL!) sorry, wiping my mouth, yet he just reads exactly what someone else writes and puts in a teleprompter, But, Obama is a good teleprompter reader. In other words, he’s a great faker.
Trump is a great “natural” speaker. It’s a gift. Why hide it under a bushel?
Chuck the teleprompter! Trump doesn’t need no f-ing teleprompter!
I wonder if Manafort or others are trying to get Trump to "fake something" about his persona, and I agree with you, any move in that direction is harmful to Trump's campaign. "Genuine" sells.
With the reorganizations coming at a fairly rapid pace, it's pretty clear that Trump is in charge. That's a good thing. He has good instincts, and his heart is in the right place.
Lewandowski has been doing a good job this morning - pointing out that he and all the others (Manfart included) have the same goal. While they may differ on the most reliable path to get there, none of them is trying to undermine the effort or impose their own path.
I think he can find a balance. Like last night, perfect use of the teleprompter....then Fairfield, he let it rip.
[The teleprompter takes the Trump persona out of the equation...]
I couldn’t agree more, it comes to a point that I can’t WATCH him so I just LISTEN to his speech.
Reading his prepared written bullet points he has on the podium is much more effective and he can look the camera and drive them home with conviction.
Honestly, I think Trump should divide his speeches into thirds: 1st third, comes out and fires up the crowd...2nd third goes on prompter for serious issues, final 3rd, off the cuff going out with a bang.
I don’t know - honestly the National Security speech last week and the Law and Order speech last night, both via prompter, were by far Trump’s best speeches - strong, lots of specifics and particulars, and a good, defiant yet hopeful tone.
I think he does off-the-cuff and Teleprompter equally well. Each style has its place — specific to the venue, audience, and topic. Sober policy speeches work better with Teleprompter.