Donald Trump is dazed and confused and scrambling
As is typical for him, “president” Donald Trump spent his Sunday interview on Fox on his favorite subject: himself. To hear him tell it, he is the smartest, most capable person in the room regardless of who might be in the room with him. While Trump primarily sickens with his self-aggrandizing talk, he is giving us a unique look inside his rattled brain — the one that Mary Trump wrote about. The more we see of and hear from Trump, we understand the urgency we face in getting him out of office.
Trump is now trying to blame his ridiculous claims that “heat” would kill the virus on others. That is Trump’s typical modus operandi—deflect the blame for his own shortcomings on others. In the meantime, Americans continue to die, and all Trump has to say is: “I’ll be right eventually.” Yes, when hell freezes over. Trump merely throws up his hands and accepts that he cannot do anything—but it is not his fault. That is the very reason that his attacks against Joe Biden are going nowhere fast.
Since Trump’s attempts to paint Biden in a negative light are failing, he has returned to what he knows best, hate mongering and spreading fear among his most ignorant supporters. Trump believes this is working for him because his supporters are loud, brash, and obnoxious, just like their leader. That does not, however, mean they are great in number because they are not. As a result of this ill-conceived plan, Trump continues to lose ground where he most needs it. People on the fence have crossed, suburban women are fleeing in droves, and college-educated white men are running from Trump like he has the plague. We will not even mention people of color, whom he continues to alienate with his racist talk. Biden, the opposite of Trump, is winning in a way Trump will never understand—building bridges.
Biden, according to Vox, is into coalition building. He sees Republicans as a coalition, some of whom revere Trump and the rest afraid to cross him. Biden views opportunities among those who are afraid to cross Trump. If he can assure them that they can win back their respect by partnering with him, he will get their vote in November and their cooperation after he is elected. Biden told Vox, “I think I have a pretty good record on pulling together Democrats and Republicans,” and he further believes that Senate Republicans “will feel a bit liberated” by Trump’s ouster. Biden’s plan is to remain opposite of Trump and continue to be non-polarizing. Vox believes this is a winning strategy.
Biden refuses to stoop to Trump’s tactics, and in the end, that will be a winning formula. Trump is loathed by many; why put himself in that same boat? So far, according to Vox, Biden has left Trump confused and scrambling for a way to combat Biden’s coalition-based theme. Trump has less than four months to figure it out; good money says he will not.
