There were many alarming moments in former President Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier this week, but the most distressing for conservatives was that Trump still is not ready to admit he lost the 2020 election and has no new plan to win in 2024.

Sounding delusional and frequently dishonest, Trump seemed completely distracted from the actual, forward-looking job facing the next president. …

President Joe Biden is a historically weak president, but that doesn’t mean every Republican can beat him. Voters want a new candidate with a fresh vision both to beat Biden and to win majorities in the House and Senate. Trump proved again this week that he simply is not that man.

[The WashEx editors are correct in saying that Trump doesn’t have a game plan to win in November 2024 *yet*. It’s still early enough in the cycle for Trump to adapt his campaign approach and focus more on voters’ future than his past grievances. Nothing so far indicates that he will, and Trump is legendarily immune to advice or criticism, so it seems less likely that he will change his approach. But it’s still possible, and even Trump might sense its necessity if he starts losing support when voters start taking their primary vote choices seriously in the fall. — Ed]