Have you considered that Trump might be making these kinds of ‘mistakes’ on purpose. Yes, that sounds insane, but hear me out:
All of these campaigns tend to have a natural ebb and a flow to them. However, by making these ‘mistakes’ periodically, Trump appears to be able to control when the ebbs and flows happen.
Consider this: what would happen if Trump had just annihilated her at the debate and kept doing everything right this week and was up by 7-10 in the polls? I’ll tell you what: abject panic on their end and they would be trying to find SOME way to claw their way back on top that Trump might not be able to control.
By being the reason for the ebb, he controls when the flows happen and takes away her control to do the same. It removes any momentum she might gather by her side panicking.
The last flow is the one that counts and if Trump controls everything before it, he can control when and how it happens.
Just a thought that I hadn’t seen mentioned before...
Actually, this did occur to me. I know people in the campaign, but I can’t ask them for strategy details. However, I DO think Trump knows what he’s doing, or has a plan. I’m sure his advisors are saying, “Don’t talk about fat chick,” or they have all had a discussion and know what they are doing.
Regardless, it keeps Trump in the public eye with utterly free publicity. 9/10 people the street don’t know who the fat chick is, but everyone knows Trump, and probably a lot secretly agree with him.
What if this is one of these “counter fires” set to burn a line of attack out early?
Yes, if he had said check out her past, but by adding the porn reference, the story has distilled down to ‘Trump to voters, Watch Porn tapes’