'It's unfair': Trump reportedly lashing out at his own campaign staff in calls to friends

Vice President Kamala Harris' ascension to the top spot on the Democratic ticket has Donald Trump snarling about his own campaign staff in calls to close allies, according to a report from the Washington Post.

As the Democrats' presidential nominee's campaign has roared to life, abetted by the selection of folksy Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the former president's own campaign now appears fractured as his inner circle seems unsure about how to go after Harris and her running mate.

Adding to the behind-the-scenes chaos is Trump himself who is furious that he now has to face the V.P. instead of Biden and is pointing fingers everywhere at the same time he is staying off the campaign trial.

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"Trump now finds himself back in a dead-even contest and with new signs of strain in his orbit. In the face of new Democratic momentum, he has grown increasingly upset about Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Biden on the ticket, complaining relentlessly and asking friends about how his campaign is performing, according to five people close to the campaign," the Post reported before adding, "Friends, Mar-a-Lago members and donors have logged their concerns with Trump, who then tells them to others, according to three people close to him. U.S. Senate allies and others are trying to get Trump focused on attacking Harris."

The report notes that in a recent phone call to an ally, he complained, “It’s unfair that I beat him [Joe Biden] and now I have to beat her, too."

The report goes on to note that, for the first time, Trump's campaign is back on its heels, pointing out, "It has left people close to the campaign wondering why Trump and his team seemed ill-prepared."

According to longtime GOP strategist Kevin Madden, "What’s happened in the last couple of weeks is we actually have a real race. This is a real presidential campaign. The Biden-Trump version of this was one event a week by each candidate, very rarely on the campaign trail and no real engagement. Now this is going to be one of those campaigns where strategies matter, resources matter, time matters, and there is not much room for error.”

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