Trump backers 'sadly mistaken' if they expect him to change: Morning Joe

Donald Trump is unwilling and unable to rise to the occasion as he fights for his political life, according to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.

The former president has been knocked off balance by the ascendance of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, and the "Morning Joe" host pointed to a recent report showing that Trump had told GOP donors not to expect any substantial changes in his campaign.

"There is deep resentment, Donald Trump telling people at the fundraiser they rigged the election in 2020 and stole it from me, the deep state tried to kill me," Scarborough said.

"Now, basically saying they're trying to rig this election, too. I thought it was just one of those defining moments when they kept trying to get him to this fundraiser to talk about inflation, tried to get him to talk about the border, tried getting him talking about the economy. His response was, and he's right, he said, 'I am who I am.'"

"If anybody is expecting another gear from Donald Trump, they're sadly mistaken," Scarborough added. "He is who he is. I think he's decided he's going to win or lose doing exactly what we saw him do this weekend," he said referring to unsubstantiated claims that Harris had used artificial intelligence to fake pictures of campaign crowds.

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Not even a near-death experience could motivate the ex-president to make any substantial changes, according to contributor Katty Kay.

"I mean, just after the shooting against him, he, for a very short period of time, said he'd play nice," she said. "He was asked to play nice. He actually said, 'I have been asked to be nice,' and he did it a few days then he announced, that's over now. He went back to being who he is."

"Donald Trump, you know, firmly believes that in 2016, he won that election because he was who he was because he ran the campaign the way he wanted it to be and because he said outrageous things, and now he's kind of reverting to type."

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