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You made a series of statements that are highly debatable—at a minimum.

President Trump is who he is.

He will win or lose based on that.

You are not going to reshape him in an image that you like.

Lol.

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Reagan was a charmer—that was his temperament, that was who he was. It was not the only way—but it was his way and it worked for him.

What folks have forgotten is that eventually the left tried to prove Reagan was involved in Iran Contra so they could impeach him and/or throw him in jail. They tried really hard—but because they failed it has faded in memory.

[You made a series of statements that are highly debatable—at a minimum.

President Trump is who he is.

He will win or lose based on that.

You are not going to reshape him in an image that you like.

Lol.]

Trump, like Reagan, Clinton and Obama, has a solid, not quite majority of voters who back him due to his personal charisma. The issue with Trump is that unlike those other leaders, he alienates people outside of his core with slashing personal attacks on leaders people outside of that core respect and admire. His addiction to schoolyard taunts has suppressed his poll numbers. If he loses in 2024, this urge to inflict petty humiliations on his rivals will likely have been a factor.

Note that he is still likely to win, based on current polling trends. From start to finish, 2020 polls consistently showed Biden with a lead averaging 7 points or more. He won by 4%. Since the 2024 campaign kicked off, we have seen Trump with an average poll lead of 1%. If the polls have the same slant as 2020, Trump could win the popular vote by 4%. That would likely secure him the presidency, given the tenor of swing state votes in 2016 and 2020.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2020/trump-vs-biden
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-biden

Even the money question isn’t that important. Biden does have 4x Trump’s cash. But in 2020, Trump started with a huge cash advantage, ended it with a huge cash deficit vis-a-vis Biden. And yet Biden polled double digits above Trump at the beginning, high single digits above Trump at the end, when the Democrat’s cash advantage was it its peak.