As his campaign sharpens attacks on Harris, Trump remains fixated on Biden

As Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to mark the passing of the generational torch, former President Donald Trump remained fixated on his former opponent.

As Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to mark the passing of the generational torch, former President Donald Trump remained fixated on his former opponent. Trump’s campaign has pushed sharply against Vice President Kamala Harris, launching a weeklong swing-state tour in tightly controlled environments with small crowds. The goal is to counterprogram the Democratic convention by leveling the kinds of policy-based attacks the former president’s allies have urged him to focus on in recent weeks. But for Trump, who advisers say left the GOP convention confident of a comfortable victory in November, letting President Joe Biden go hasn’t been easy. One adviser, asked if he expected Trump to watch Biden’s speech Monday evening, said simply: “Of course.” He posts on social media about Biden’s decision to step down – and the Democratic pressure that drove the decision – with regularity. He frequently floated, with no evidence or credibility, the idea that Biden would try to step back into the race until a virtual Democratic roll call nominating Harris made that scenario impossible. “I think he’s a little nostalgic for where things were a month ago,” said a Republican who has spoken to Trump in the last few days. “Understandably.”