Donald
Trump: I’m not changing strategy or my temperament
Poll
numbers have dropped after presidential candidate criticized parents
of fallen Muslim soldier.
By LOUIS NELSON
8/9/16, 9:09 PM CET Updated 8/10/16, 6:14 AM CET
On the heels of his
campaign’s worst week yet, Donald Trump suggested that it is his
temperament that “has gotten me here” and said he has no plans to
change it.
“I think that my
temperament has gotten me here,” Trump said in a Tuesday morning
interview on Fox Business Network. “I’ve always had a good
temperament and it’s gotten me here. We beat a lot of people in the
primaries and now we have one person left, and we’re actually doing
pretty well there, but we’ll see how it all comes out.”
Trump’s poll
numbers have sagged in recent days after he spent much of last week
feuding with the Gold Star family of a fallen Muslim soldier and with
prominent lawmakers in his own party. After initially refusing to
endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sens. John McCain and Kelly
Ayotte in their respective primary races, Trump offered an about-face
and voiced his support for all three. By then, the intense scrutiny —
combined with Clinton’s bump from a well-received Democratic
National Convention — had taken their toll on Trump’s campaign.
But while a wave of
recent public polls have shown Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by
double digits, the Manhattan billionaire said his campaign’s
internal polling paints a rosier picture. Asked by Fox Business host
Maria Bartiromo what his campaign needs to do to escape from the
polling hole it has sunk into, Trump said his campaign needs only
“steadiness” and for him to continue “just doing what I’m
doing.”
As he often does,
Trump pointed to the size of the crowds at his rallies as evidence
that his campaign is successfully reaching voters.
“I certainly don’t
think it’s appropriate to start changing all of a sudden when
you’ve been winning,” he said. “I mean I’ve beaten many
people, and now we’re down to one. And we’ll see how it all works
out, but I think it’s going to work out well.”
Authors:
Louis Nelson
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