Someone must have finally gotten through to Donald Trump about people leaving his rallies early out of “exhaustion and boredom.” In fact, I feel like I remember someone pretty famous saying exactly that less than three weeks ago.

Whatever the case may be, it seems like Trump’s choked up on the bat a little when it comes to speaking time. He’s still taking big swings, but he’s spending less time at the plate, as it were.

But if this whole article WAS going to be a baseball analogy all the way through (I promise it won’t), I’d get this out of the way right now: People are going to call this the Trump Slump.

The man who once boasted about filling giant auditoriums, developing a fanbase like no politician has ever had, is having a bit of a rough go these days when it comes to filling seats with butts and then keeping those butts in the seats.

Back when Kamala Harris jabbed at Trump during the debate on September 10th, it was just the tip of the iceberg. She was right, of course, when she invited people to go to a Trump rally and watch as people left before he was even done speaking.

There have been countless videos of exactly that happening at every rally since she said it.

Trump has tried everything to mitigate that now. He’s used curtains to make an area look smaller (and therefore make the crowd look bigger). He’s booked smaller venues. He’s showed up at crowded grocery stores and handed out money.

Now he’s even cut down his speaking time.

At his most recent rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania (yes, that’s the name of the town), Trump spoke for FAR less than his usual time — less than 90 minutes — after showing up at least 40 minutes late, according to local news.

And while there’s no way that Trump could ever defend his statement that he draws bigger crowds than Elvis did, there’s at least one source that you can count on to back up their claims: The Kamala Harris campaign.

Trump rally attendees leave during @realdonaldtrump’s speech tonight out of exhaustion and boredom 🥱 pic.twitter.com/ATd0UBvXDf

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 24, 2024

That’s not a couple of people leaving when Trump has nearly wrapped up the night. That’s a sped-up time lapse of people leaving throughout the entire speech, and it is a LOT more people than previous videos have shown leaving.

The entire Trump campaign is starting to look like a swing and a miss.