Trump campaign has 'break-glass' moment amid GOP 'panic': report

A new report from Axios claims that a recent flurry of moves from former President Donald Trump's campaign are coming amid GOP "panic" about Vice President Kamala Harris erasing his lead in 2024 presidential election polls.

"Former President Trump's stewing and Republican anxiety over Vice President Harris' sudden rise in the polls has led to the first break-glass moment of Trump's campaign," Axios writes.

"Trump posted on X for the first time in nearly a year, unveiled a barrage of online ads, quickly scheduled trips to two swing states and beefed up his team of top advisers. Trump's attention-getting efforts also included sitting for an interview Monday night with X owner Elon Musk, in a chat delayed 40 minutes by technical issues."

The report also raises questions about the state of Trump's mental health as he's watched the Harris campaign generate a wave of enthusiasm that has included jam-packed campaign rallies.

"Trump's irritation — and lingering disappointment at not being able to run against Biden — have been clear in his meandering appearances in public, and in private as well," the report notes.

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The most profound display of this insecurity, writes Axios, was Trump's delusional claim that no one has been attending Harris' campaign rallies and that all of the images and videos taken from them were faked using artificial intelligence.

The report also notes that Trump finally seems to be heeding some of the advice he's been receiving from other Republicans.

"Increasingly nervous Republicans have called on him to do more to provide a contrast to the enthusiastic crowds that have greeted Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as they've campaigned in swing states," writes Axios, which adds that Trump is now planning rallies in North Carolina and Pennsylvania in the next two weeks.