Via Mark Caputo of the Bullwark on the upcoming debate:
"DONALD TRUMP HAS NO PLANS TO HEED the advice of his aides
“This is just the way I am. I hate my opponent. I hate my opponents,” Trump told a confidant who advised the former president to consider backing away from calling the vice president “stupid” or “dumb” at their high-profile standoff in a few weeks, which he has done repeatedly.
To another adviser, Trump was blunt about taking on Harris: “I’m going to be mean.”