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As youd expect from any president with a mediocre job-approval rating, Donald Trump has been working to keep his reelection bid from becoming a referendum election based on judgments about his record. Instead, he hopes to make 2020 a comparative election by promoting fears about the opposition. The coronavirus pandemic has obviously complicated this effort by creating the sort of horrific living conditions that are fundamentally incompatible with any upbeat reelection message. You never had it so good eight months ago isnt a very compelling slogan, even if you buy the premise that the pre-pandemic economy was near ideal and that Trump was responsible for producing it.
But that may be the underlying idea of Trumps reelection pitch, as an AP report suggests:
Aiming to energize his base less than six months before he stands for reelection, the president has drawn a cultural link between the disaffected who voted for him four years ago and those who want to quickly restart the nations economy. Amplified by conservative media commentators, Trump has leaned into the pandemics partisan divide and urged states to reopen regardless of whether they meet the benchmarks set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They want to get out there, and they want to get back, Trump said recently of those agitating to restart the nations economy. Thats what they want. They want their country back, and theyre getting it back.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-may-use-coronavirus-to-beg-for-a-second-term-to-finish-the-job/ar-BB14qZzI?li=BBnbfcN
The unmitigated gall.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Mainland!
Me.
(35,454 posts)Rudi begged NYers to let him have a 3rd term so he could see 9/11 through. The city said no.
Cha
(297,154 posts)said NO.
onecaliberal
(32,829 posts)There is NO way.
TheBlackAdder
(28,186 posts).
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sop
(10,164 posts)"Re-elect Trump and live, vote for Biden and die" will be his new campaign slogan.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)That's how Biden should respond if/when he tries to go down this road.
chowder66
(9,067 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)I think we can assume that finishing the job, (Putin???) would be finishing us and everything off.
It would be like fitting the entire country for a cement overcoat and dropping it in the ocean. Bye!