We’re about forty days from the midterms, and Republican strategists around the country are freaking out. They fear the blue wave will overcome the red wall because voters are furious with the price of gas and groceries.
The President has, instead, focused on banning CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House. Like it or not, the Supreme Court has previously said individual news networks cannot be singled out and banned. The networks will win and make the President look weak.
He did it hoping for more favorable coverage. He will get worse coverage.
He pivoted to the possible demolition of the Kennedy Center and the construction of a triumphal arch with a snipers’ nest, which actually sounds really cool.
But none of this addresses the cost of living.
The Washington Post had a story over the weekend that the President recognizes he is to blame for some of what the GOP is going through.
In interviews and speeches, President Donald Trump has maintained that midterm politics don’t affect his decisions on Iran, that the war has been worth the cost, and that he would do it all over again despite Republicans bracing for defeat in November.
But in some private conversation with advisers, Trump has signaled that he understands his decisions on the war have contributed to the especially poor political environment his party faces — making the president more intent on helping Republicans mitigate the expected losses.
Trump
in recent weeks has become sober about the gravity of the politicalsituation, listening intently as he is presented with often discouraging polling, according to four people with knowledge of his recent comments, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. That shift has prompted himto take more action on the midterms — pledging to stump for candidates and[opening his war chest]in competitive races, for example — although it remains to be seen how effectively Republicans can gain ground over the next six weeks.
If I could give the President some advice, it’d be these three things.
First, go under the radar. You are radioactive to too many candidates right now. Don’t be seen from or heard from unless it is about lowering costs or the war.
Second, end the trade wars. Settle ASAP with Canada and end all the tariffs. The psychological impact of getting rid of the tariffs will boost the markets and peoples’ retirements and will begin to lower prices.
Third, go ruthlessly back to Iran and wipe out their leadership. Iran intends to hold the world hostage to higher oil, gas, and diesel prices. Go wipe them out right now. Work with Israel and our Arab allies, and even the Europeans now on the verge of an economic collapse because of fuel shortages.
Wipe them out. Get drones from Ukraine as Ukraine is now buying old missile tech from us. Make a trade. The United States will make fewer than 100,000 drones this year. Ukraine will make over 5 million. Buy some and use them in Iran since we have a missile shortage.
It’s time to get rapidly aggressive.
Every single action the President takes should be taken with the understanding that it must help the midterms. If it does not, stay quiet and unseen. Stop fighting with the press. Stop the building projects that help no one else. Focus. Focus. Focus.
The problem is the President is too surrounded by yes men right now and too addicted to his own impulses. So it will not happen.
I’ve been far more optimistic than most Republican consultants and strategists. But they see what is happening on the ground better than. The bottom line, from their perspective, is that Republicans are sitting out the election. Those who love the President will show up. Those who do not like him have been given no reason to vote. And every time the President focuses on stuff that does not matter, they realize their concerns matter less and do not want to help stop the Democrats.
We are the point where the President must put up or shut up. If he puts up policies that will benefit people and shuts up about the rest, he can mitigate what is coming.
Sadly, I do not think he is capable, and most of those around him do not think he is either.
