Trump’s Campaign Strategy Is An Off-Track Mess

By the time you read this, presumptive GOP nominee and anthropomorphic zeppelin disasterDonald Trumpwill be a handful of days into thethree-week deadlineimposed by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) to “fix” his campaign, or else ... what, exactly? That’s the thing. There is no “or else.” Unless you believe the GOP can pull offsome sort of convention heist, Corker’s demand is a toothless one.

Here’s the thing: Even if Trump were a soulful, honey-tongued angel of decorum -- heck, even if he weren't the sort of person who thinks that an unfolding national tragedy is an apt time towrongheadedly gloat-- there would still be a lot to “fix” in such a short time.

Beyond the too-casual racism, the blanket ignorance of policy and the stunning tone-deafness of his actions, multiplereportsoutthisweekpaintaclearpictureof acampaign with insufficient infrastructure and strategies for the general electionthat are -- if we’re being charitable -- dafter than a drunken mallard. On this week’s First To Last, we round up the many ways the Trump organization is bafflingly unready for primetime.

Editor's note: Donald Trump regularlyincites political violenceand is aserial liar, rampant xenophobe,racist,misogynistandbirtherwho has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.