"Honestly? I Believe She Was Born That Way."

Trump's manner in this clip isn't his normal bombast. He pauses and gives something of a personal aside: "Honestly? I believe she was born that way." He goes on, with clearly deliberate words: "There's something wrong with Kamala, and I just don't know what it is, but there is definitely something missing -- and you know what? Every. Body. Knows it."

Trump isn't mincing words here, he's the classic truthteller, Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, James Dean playing Caleb Trask in East of Eden. This reminded me of the much fact-checked claim that Kamala scored a 78 in a Howard University IQ test (click on the image for a larger version):

Even though the fact-checkers insist there's no way to verify this claim, and anyhow she went on to law school and passed the bar exam, two statements ring true: "Then she started laughing like a psychopath. I thought there is no way this bitch graduates."

No way she graduates -- and certainly no way she gets a law degree and passes the bar. But strangely enough, it happened, and she's laughed like a psychopath ever since. But as we come up to the vice presidential debate, it's worth revisiting the thinking in this facebook post from September 12:

This paragraph farther down, I think, is a suggestion of how even the Democrats view Kamala's prospects:

Walz['s] selection shows just how DOA even the other Democrats believe Harris' campaign to be. Of course they will never publicly admit they believe she's going to lose, and likely lose badly, so they will publicly say the opposite, but not a one of them was going to hitch their political futures to what they believe to be a dead horse.

This is exactly what I thought of Walz selection fom the start. I think it's begun to sink in even on Walz himself that he's been seen as a joke fom the start, and this is likely to come out in the debate:

Tim Walz is telling people he’s just as nervous about facing JD Vance as he was the Sunday afternoon in August when he warned Kamala Harris in his running mate interview that he was a bad debater.

Maybe more nervous, according to multiple people who’ve spoken to him.

And the pressure is even higher, when for the first time in modern campaign history, the vice presidential debate Tuesday is likely to be the last marquee event before Election Day. With many voters still saying they don’t know enough about Harris, it could be up to Walz to help convince them to trust a vice president he barely knew himself before she picked him.

Meanwhile,

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will visit Valdosta, Georgia to receive a briefing on the devastation of Hurricane Helene, facilitate the distribution of relief supplies, and deliver remarks to the press on Monday, September 30, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

In contrast,

Vice President Kamala Harris is under pressure to visit states ravaged by Hurricane Helene, as former President Donald Trump's campaign has said he plans to visit storm-battered Georgia on Monday.

. . . Trump has been quick to announce his plans to visit storm-ravaged Valdosta in Georgia and has criticized the Biden administration's response to the hurricane, accusing the president of "sleeping" at his beach house.

. . . Harris plans to visit the affected region "as soon as it is possible without disrupting emergency response operations," the unnamed official said, per Reuters.

Something's definitely missing.