On Sunday, The New York Times published what it called an inside look at Donald Trump's presidential campaign during its final days. Among the memorable anecdotes — like Trump campaign chairman Steve Bannon's pants actually catching fire — the Times report included this little tidbit about why Trump's campaign has seemed so much more on-message over the last few days, "robbing Hillary Clinton of her most potent weapon: Mr. Trump's self-sabotaging eruptions":
Aides to Mr. Trump have finally wrested away the Twitter account that he used to colorfully — and often counterproductively — savage his rivals. But offline, Mr. Trump still privately muses about all the ways he will punish his enemies after Election Day, including a threat to fund a "super PAC" with vengeance as its core mission. Several advisers warned him that he risked becoming like a wild animal chasing its prey so zealously that it raced over a cliff.... Taking away Twitter turned out to be an essential move by his press team, which deprived him of a previously unfiltered channel for his aggressions. [The New York Times]
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