This happened in 2020 when he was on the backfoot against Biden. He doesn’t do well coming from behind. His advisors will be screaming at him to focus everything on the swing states, but he’s so desperate to fix things at a macro level he’s going to upend everything.
He’s actually still in with a chance - she’s surging but she has to come from a deficit and things are still close. Unfortunately Ohio and Florida are now lost causes, so he only really needs to win Georgia and PA and he wins. Scary thought - all the other swings could go blue and he wins with those two.
But instead he holds press conferences and interview stunts and talks about his opponents the whole time. At some point you need to say something tangible - especially to independents.
The debate will be the big moment for both sides.