The plan to get to 270 electoral votes remains unclear. The battleground state deployment plan is a work-in-progress. Money from big donors is slowing to a trickle. And aides are confused about who’s calling the shots.

Donald Trump’s campaign is teetering, threatening to collapse under the weight of a candidate whose personality outweighs his political skill. And now, with 22 days until the start of early voting, the GOP nominee is running short on his most precious commodity: time.

Late last week, with Labor Day and the final stretch of the 2016 campaign approaching, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner met with Republican National Committee brass – including chief of staff Katie Walsh and political director Chris Carr – in New York City. Kushner, who has in many respects assumed the role of campaign manager, asked a series of direct questions to the GOP officials – all surrounding the troubles the party was having in deploying field staffers, opening up swing state headquarters, and establishing field offices in battlegrounds that will decide the election.