Trump does consistently blame the press for making him look bad, but I do think he brings most of it on himself. (also, why play Victim? Has he forgot what he and FOX did to Obama?) That said, after his speech, both CNN and MSNBC were very dour about what I felt was an obvious joke about more Covid testing.
Anyway, I watched most of the speech, but always cringe when he starts fearmongering and making every person who isn't going along with the cult mentality a devil from hell. I personally find him and his butt kissers to be the most corrupt in my lifetime including Nixon and Clinton. That is my observation, so no need to come on here and tell me who is worse or they all did it. When so many Generals and people who were formerly considered respectable (even by the Republican party) come out and speak of this, then I tend to believe it. There is just so much you can overlook--unless you would go along with party no matter where it leads you, and that's a frightening concept.
I'm not thrilled with Democrats and their obvious (and often silly) pandering. I am glad to see Joe has come out and said he has no intention of defunding police. There is really no need to go from one extreme to another. That said, I have seen the memes that white folks were slaves, and I find that to be dismissive to real concerns, since I know their kids and spouses weren't sold, it was not a lifetime and in modern times they didn't get treated like second class citizens. I know that Aunt Jemima must have been a wonderful lady, but if the actual company thinks it was racist, then maybe they know something. Why must our country be drug kicking and screaming over changing something that obviously upsets a large segment of the population? I am a history buff, but have no problem with putting the statues and flags in museums or at the battlefields. In a few years, it will be behind us and either be accepted, grudgingly accepted or forgotten just like every other progression.
EDIT: tl:dr I do think that there must be something to the young people buying (?) up tickets, because the campaign obviously felt there was going to be enough there to set up a spot for overflow.