Trump realized he was losing the election, so he decided to change strategy: The big question now is…

Like a grocery store in front of a small stall, Donald Trump stood with the daily necessities in the shopping cart of ordinary Americans. The stall had oatmeal, bread, butter, hot dogs…

He delivered a 45-minute prepared speech at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. His remarks were different from the way he usually attacks his opponents. He was reading from a piece of paper, which in itself was a departure from his usual freewheeling style.

The former president listed a series of price increases he said had occurred under the current administration. He said flour prices had increased by 38% and eggs by 46%. He questioned whether Kamala Harris loved her country, challenged her intelligence and repeatedly accused her of being a “communist.”

Republicans increasingly worried

Yet he has delivered far fewer egregious insults than in previous campaigns, which is music to the ears of at least some senior Republican figures. In recent days, concerns have been growing within the party about whether Trump can rise to the challenge posed by Kamala Harris’ candidacy.

“President Trump’s secret to winning is very clear. Fewer insults,” Kellyanne Conway, his former campaign manager and close adviser, recently told Fox News. Others have also expressed displeasure when Trump attacks Harris’ racial identity or lies about her rally attendance.

“It’s so stupid. Just focus on the damn border,” conservative commentator and former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said of Trump’s strategy.

New poll: Harris leads in five of seven key states

In fact, Trump reiterated in his recent speech that some countries are emptying their prisons and sanctuaries to allow illegal immigrants to flood into the U.S. He also highlighted how 100% of new jobs are going to immigrants and once again declared that he won the 2020 election.

Republicans are hoping for a new approach to allay concerns about polling trends, as polls this week show Harris leading Trump in five of seven battleground states.

Trump’s speech on grocery prices raised some questions. Reuters reported that the price of bread and coffee has actually fallen over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly consumer price index. index.

Can Trump keep doing this?

But that wasn’t the point. It was Trump connecting with voters on an important issue, with many still feeling the effects of high inflation under President Biden. Trump also continued to name-check Harris during this performance, but much smarter than before.

Thus, he recalled that Kamala supported calls to reduce police spending during the violent protests of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. He also pointed out that she stole his promise to abolish the tip tax in the American service industry and complained that if she saw fit to give him credit, “that would be great.”

The big question, of course, is whether Trump himself can stick to that and these kinds of topics. Reporters asked him if he would back off from his fiery attacks on his opponents. “They’ve been bad to me. So I think I have a right to make personal attacks,” he concluded.