He agitates and distorts because he is unstable, and trailing badly in polling. Hand in hand cause and effect.
If you fail to believe that opening sentence, read this. It is the AP authored item referred to in the headline, carried by Strib.
If you are already aware of the two-sentence opening paragraph being wholly true, will that influence how you vote Nov. 3? It should. If you are an angry elderly white rural or suburban male, it might not. That seems the population bloc - besides White Power white supremacists - most willing to vote Trump. Why? Ask one you know, and expect a tirade of untruth.
The gun bunnies are another bloc most enamored with Trump's style. Mask haters next, along with choice haters. Tax cheats? They know their own kind.