How Kamala Wins: Inside the Secret Strategy Causing Trump to Shrink

Published: Aug. 23, 2024, 9 a.m.

At the Democratic convention in Chicago, many of the speakers\u2014from Barack and Michelle Obama to Tim Walz\u2014have warned Democrats not to get complacent about a Kamala Harris victory. Yet something subtle is also going on here. Democrats are keeping complacency at bay\u2014without\xa0letting Donald Trump balloon into a psychologically frightening figure in their minds. Democrats are going into this election with the correct level of guarded confidence. We talked to Brian Beutler, who has a good piece on all this coming out Friday\xa0on his Substack, about the careful balance Democrats are striking\u2014and why it may be the key to shrinking Trump into a diminished figure.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices