“Trump just cannot act wise and presidential”
Nikki Haley collected half as many primary votes as Trump. Those votes can be Trump’s and he can easily win the election if he acts halfway presidential going forward.
Haley’s campaign served a useful purpose by revealing the number of dissatisfied would-be Trump voters.
I am sure some of the Haley votes won’t go to Trump, even if Trump said nothing at the Oscars. Did they watch the entire Oscars so they could understand and put Trump’s comments in context? I bet not.
The dissatisfied would be Trump voters just did not appear after 2020, they have been around a long time. Do they think an angry and juiced up FJB acted presidential at his rehashed SOT-campaign speech? This group of voters has a dilemma they want Trump to fix - do they continue to vote for 4 more years of FJB’s vision for America, run by people in the background that no one knows who they are ....or for Trump who they wish acted more presidential in their eyes but 10s of millions of others don’t care because it shows this guy fights for them?
Trump does not have to win every vote, just enough to take the electoral college.