Economic plans are in danger of being completely forgotten in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign, in favor of amateurish ones like election fraud and wrong-headed Democrats. After Trump felt invincible at the Republican convention, that suggests a lack of fresh inspiration, says U.S. correspondent Jan Postma on the America Podcast. “I feel like he’s completely back to Trump 1.0.”
“Trump's economic message completely lost due to crazy statements”
According to fellow Republicans, Trump 2.0 could have been a different person, with a single, sharp focus on the goal: reclaiming the presidency. But the luster seems to have dimmed after Democratic nominee Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris took over. “The campaign is once again relying on crazy statements to attract attention, while everyone else should be following Trump.”
“It was advertised in a big way, but it was really two hours of crap.”
Interest in the failed attack on Trump a few weeks ago seems to have vanished like snow in the sun. Postma points out that while the media is also to blame, Trump himself is responsible for the disappearance of the “benefit” of the attack, as ridiculous as it may be. “He initially integrated it perfectly into his campaign image and people responded to it,” he says. But he doesn’t have that focus and now we’re three steps ahead.
The interview with X boss Elon Musk didn’t make matters any better, Postma says. “It was advertised in a big way, but it was actually two hours of nonsense: Trump talking about his campaign points and Musk nodding along and complimenting him.” The problem was that Musk suggested it was a very in-depth conversation. But it wasn’t: Trump just ran out of air and went off in all directions. Nothing new was said, and that’s often true of his speeches: Then you hear how his brain works.
gibberish and things trump always says
Foreign commentator Bernard Hammelburg describes it as “two hours of posturing and nonsense.” “I don’t know what else to call it.” You know exactly where it fits into the designed test and when it deviates. Then suddenly it’s nonsense and an accumulation of the same things he always says. He also interrupts his sentences to make another point. “It’s also a pile-up.” Complicated, you know.
While people at the Republican convention were still proud of the role he had played, blue collar partyTrump has praised Musk for his tough action against striking employees, Postma says. “And then you say that in a conversation like this as a Republican leader.” While it’s a nearly universal right to strike, Hamelburg says. “So for a presidential candidate to say this is a very good thing, that’s questionable.” Postma says the whole point is completely lost. “Trump says something crazy and the entire party has to follow through.”
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