Trump's instincts are to promise $$ for health care, more taxes on the rich, and legal immigration.

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Benjy Sarlin ✔ @BenjySarlin 8:19 AM - Feb 6, 2019

I think it’s underappreciated that Trump’s raw instincts are to promise more public spending on health care, more taxes on the rich, and more legal immigration. He gets that something is beneficial there politically, even if he refuses to make it his actual agenda.

It also makes you wonder what his approval rating might be if he had pursued all those goals, since every time he’s listened to his advisers and gone the other way the result has been unpopular.

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1. Accurate assessment

I could agree with a lot of what Trump said last night, except you knew those positions were flat-out lies designed to get applause.

The whole speech reminded me more of a crappy telethon instead of a leader laying out his vision and legislative agenda. He just wanted to stand there and hear the applause.

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2. He's a 3rd rate snake oil salesman - he'll say anything the crowd wants to hear

so ignore that and watch what he does.

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3. Yes, of course.

I thought it was interesting that his guy pointed out that Trump seems to fully understand that positions that are promoted by Democrats are more popular with American voters.

Trump knows he has to lie to convince his base to stick with him. If he told the truth, they would abandon him in droves, even the stupid TrumpHumpers.

Quite telling.