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Why Trump cannot tone it down
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/29/why-trump-cannot-tone-it-down/Why Trump cannot tone it down
By Jennifer Rubin
October 29 at 11:30 AM
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Here are the topics he would have to avoid if he wanted to cut down on hateful language and stop dividing the country:
The Clintons
George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer
Possible 2020 opponents
The Russia hoax
The deep state (including agencies and department for which he appointed leaders)
The Feds pace of interest-rate hikes
President Obama
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Socialism
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
The caravan, the wall and the imaginary crime wave caused by immigrants
Allies ripping us off
The money we owe to trading partners (his misconception of the trade deficit)
The media
NATO taking advantage of us
The epidemic of voting fraud (of which there is none)
Globalism, nationalism
That takes up, what, like an hour of his campaign speeches? With the stock market now so erratic (cant talk about his stock market being better than Obamas) and attempts at Obamacare a failure (so now hes the big defender of protections for preexisting conditions!), I honestly dont think he would have more than 15 minutes of material for his rallies if he cut out all the items above.
If Trump had to take out the blatant lies (e.g., biggest tax cut ever, new coal plants, a million jobs from arms sales to Saudi Arabia, he ended Obamacare) he might be down to 10 minutes of material. Remove the baseless accusations and insults (e.g., Democrats favor open borders, calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Pocahontas), and youre probably got six to seven minutes left. If you remove comments about himself (how much people love him, his wealth, his margin of victory in 2016), youre really reaching the bottom of the barrel.
Its not as though he has more than a few sentences to say about any substantive issue e.g., a plan to reduce the debt, an agenda to combat rural poverty, a coherent approach to the Middle East, any evidence of actual progress in talks with North Korea or an infrastructure proposal (even after so many Infrastructure Week roll-outs). He has no interest in the fine points (or even the topic sentences) of major policy initiatives. You can only talk about unpopular tax cuts for the wealthy and the hoax of global warming for so long.
Because he doesnt have much to offer or what hes offering is unpopular, Trump is reduced to hurling insults, whining about mistreatment and convincing non-college-educated whites (for whom he has delivered so little) that hell protect them from foreigners and the horror of hearing Happy Holidays.
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Why Trump cannot tone it down (Original Post)
dalton99a
Oct 2018
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babylonsister
(171,066 posts)1. Great article! Too true. nt
BigmanPigman
(51,605 posts)2. Worst pResident (legit or fake) EVER!!!!!
Blue Owl
(50,391 posts)3. He's too tone-deaf to know what that even means
n/t