Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the members of the media, as he sits in a garbage truck, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday, longtime GOP strategist Stuart Stevens admitted he was baffled why Donald Trump's brain trust would plop their candidate in a trash truck for a photo-op less than seven days before voters go to the polls.
Speaking with host José Díaz-Balart, Stevens noted it seemed to be an unforced error to remind voters once again about a MAGA comedian creating a firestorm over calling Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” at a New York City rally earlier this week.
Speaking with the host, Stevens was asked about the former president spending his precious last few days before voters head to the polls campaigning in states where he has no chance of winning.
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"I think the technical political term for Donald Trump campaigning in New Mexico is it is insane," he dryly suggested. "It is just a vanity act that he's in and whoever told him that getting out there in a vest in a garbage truck is a good look? They forgot about Michael Dukakis in the tank?"
'You know sometimes you look at the Trump campaign and you think his staff must hate him, why are they doing these things to him?" he asked. "So one campaign looks like it has composure, knows what it is doing, it is about executing a plan. The other seems to be very erratic and responsive and who is in control of the dialogue in this campaign? And it is hard to argue that it is not the Harris campaign. You have Trump responding to it all the time."
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