The Trump Strategy

KEEPING THE REVOLUTION ALIVE

LONGER TERM VIEW THAN MOST BELIEVE

Many are convinced that President Trump makes his decisions based on emotional responses of the moment. The longer he can keep his adversaries believing that the better off he will be in the long haul.

I watched as the Reagan revolution was slowly incorporated into the establishment view of the world. First they pushed out all his allies that he brought to the White House. Then Bush 1 dismantled most of his accomplishments in short order.  He raised taxes, sowed the seeds of middle-east unrest and even began to undermine the improved relations with Russia. He was not re-elected, and the move to a conservative awakening was aborted.

Clinton was elected and in the reaction to his Health care plans and gun control legislation, the Republicans won the House and the Senate for the first time in decades. A new Republican revolution, but by 1996 the establishment republicans hi-jacked the victory that was provided by the grass-roots.

In 2000, we were told that Bush 2 was a great conservative, much more than his father. He failed to veto 1 piece of legislation, expanded wars in the middle east, including the war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with 911, increased the debt every year, refused to control illegal immigration and gave us a Supreme Court Chief Justice that gave us an unconstitutional ruling to save Obamacare.

In 2008 and 2012, the establishment put up their darlings, McCain and then Romney, the grassroots did not believe in either of them. But in 2010, the grass roots and the Tea party movement gave the republicans control of the house and proved that the revolution was not dead. The establishment Democrats and Republicans kept on the same road and often claimed the tea party and activists were too demanding.

Obama was elected in 2008 and 2012, first because he was an outsider then because the Republicans would not vigorously take him on. 

2016, was the year that will go down in history, of a outspoken candidate that won by taking on the establishment, period, both Democrats and Republicans, the media and the deep state bureaucracy. The Bush, Kascich and other establishment candidates didn't have a chance. He didn't seem to care what others thought or said about him. After the inauguration, first they have pushed out many of the people he brought with him, attempting to subvert the agenda from within. This was very predictable. The media criticism and opposition from his own party has been unprecedented. It is an open secret that many establishment republicans believe that if they can make Trump look like a legislative failure, they will be able to replace him with Kascich or Romney in 2020. They are delusional.

One thing most objective observers will note. Trump has not backed down from the establishment. He has continued to use them as foils to enhance his standing with everyday workers . He started his campaign for 2020 within days of his inauguration by visiting  Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Ohio, and continues to do so. He has systematically rolled back the Obama Legacy without much legislative action. Other than illegal aliens, most Americans have not been adversely effected by his policies.

So Trump is keeping the enthusiasm of the revolution alive, by using an endless list of opponents as foils, from republicans, the media and even the NFL. The more they criticize and demean, the more he appears as the underdog. Americans just cant help themselves but eventually always love the underdog.