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Trump ratchets up the chaos in an October barrage

Axios says the president is heading into the election's final stretch with scandals, provocations and broken conventions replacing the single October surprise; he insists it will all work out.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Weekend Edition
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Washington this morning, Axios describes a president carrying his appetite for controversy into the most unforgiving stretch of the electoral calendar.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMr. Trump told reporters this week, quote, "Bottom line, it's gonna all work out. You know why? It always does."

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the plan is that it always works out, and the evidence is that it always has.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAxios says the days of a single October surprise are gone, swallowed by a barrage of scandals, provocations and shattered conventions.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA barrage. So the surprise is now a subscription.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCampaign professionals once spent months guarding one secret for the final fortnight. Today the secret is that there is no secret, only a schedule.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA schedule.

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