This is by no mean an exhaustive list, but a the goal of a convention is to do three things:
- Fire up your base and make sure they get to the polls rather than sitting on the couch
- Inspire fence-sitters to move your way
- Demotivate the opposition so they stay on the couch instead of voting.
Trump may be able to fire up his base, but I don’t know if he can do the latter two. His attacks, like calling him “Sleepy Joe” and attacking Hunter Biden have fallen flat. Attacking Hunter just makes it fair game to shine the spotlight on Trump’s children, who are in positions of power that they could never have had if they weren’t hired by Trump.
His convention seems more likely to further alienate people who weren’t already supporters of his.