There’s some mixed reporting coming out of Trump World today. Publicly the campaign is happy as can be, but privately some are apparently worried about Trump’s debate performance on Monday night:
Mood in Trump world is darker than unusual. 1 source says debate was a "disaster." 2nd: might hire debate coaches. 3rd: He's a fast learner.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2016
No one on team Trump is counting him out. They just acknowledge that he wasn't ready the other night.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2016
Different campaign sources push back on dark mood characterization. They say "it's never been better." And fam is very happy w leadership.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2016
More on this – Trump team had been discussing shake up the politics department, changed course in last 2 days https://t.co/wBHzNE2uSq
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 28, 2016
And/but many ppl who deal w campaign have praised Bannon/Conway and say Bossie has been effective in moving gears internally
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 28, 2016
Also, kids have repeatedly praised Bannon/Kellyanne, latter of whom Jared/Ivanka like a great deal https://t.co/uyHxe7uVWZ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 28, 2016
Trump's personal response to my reporting: pic.twitter.com/voUA4jmcyy
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2016
Campaign response to the kids being unhappy about adverse effects to the business pic.twitter.com/C4GSwwQz3V
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 28, 2016
Whatever the case may be, it sounds like some in Trump World are unhappy. Maybe it’s only a few, or maybe it’s more and the campaign is hiding it.
I guess we’ll find out soon enough.