American presidential election: enthusiasm at half mast in Donald Trump's last meetings?

“People start leaving his meetings early, out of exhaustion and boredom.“At the beginning of September, during the only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the Democrat had made her lose her hinges by attacking her public rallies, which would lose popularity over the weeks. A few hours before the verdict of the polls, difficult to prove the vice-president wrong: certain Republican events these days have shown a campaign losing momentum.

This was for example the case on Sunday evening in North Carolina. More precisely in Greensboro, where the camera images contradicted the words of the ex-president. “We have organized meetings bigger than in any country“, launched Donald Trump in the 59th minute of his speech.

“Every meeting is full, you no longer have seats to sit. This one tonight, you're missing something. We could have filled this place 20 times “, launched the candidate with bravado. Only here: the NTD camera, which was filming the candidate, then showed the stands. First those just behind the billionaire, empty. Then those to his right, with rows more than sparse.

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Is this an isolated case? Not sure. Admittedly, the event took place on a Sunday evening, late. It was also the second meeting in this city in two weeks. But as a reporter from the New York Times (new window) Having followed the Trump camp's campaign, several rallies were not sold out. “Entire sections of Fiserv Forum, his final stop in Milwaukee, were empty on either side of the stage Friday.writes the daily. Ditto at Madison Square Garden in New York, where several spectators left before the end.