Donald Trump isn't in Chicago but his presence hangs over everything and he is clearly following events here. #bbcnewslive #Donaldtrump #trump #bbclivenews #bbc
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00:00Donald Trump isn't in Chicago, but his presence hangs over everything and he is clearly following events here
00:06Ahead of Kamala Harris speech on Thursday a couple of Trump aides told me a little implausibly
00:12That the former president is not tuning into the Democratic National Convention because he has no interest in watching a Democratic Party
00:20infomercial
00:21But one senior campaign official confirms anonymously that Trump is watching and is irritated by the attacks against him
00:29In the view of one ally who speaks to the former president every week
00:33Trump wins in November if he sticks to talking about the economy the border and crime
00:38At the start of this week that looked possible
00:41Trump scheduled a string of rallies in Pennsylvania, Michigan
00:46North Carolina and Arizona each was themed to focus on exactly those political and economic topics
00:53But with night after night of anti-Trump speeches here in Chicago staying on message has gone out the window and
01:00It's not what his supporters tell him they want anyway