It would be good if the faces of supporters were popping up the whole time, even if only from webcams. Where possible, perhaps actual physical groups could be set up for him to address virtually. That’s a lot less effort by the Secret Service, and less demand on his schedule. 100 people here, 200 there. A bar in Green Bay Wisconsin. That sounds perhaps trifling, but I think it would do him good, and certainly contribute to his campaign. Right now, he just needs to continue forward motion. He’s a bit stuck right now, as indeed are all of us. That is a national epidemic too.
He’s off his game right now for a lot of reasons. This disease has created a lot of variables which are hard to game out. If he comes down too hard for a strong reopening then he risks getting blamed if a lot of people die.
At the same time, I think opposing the Democrats in their Forever Shutdown is a winning strategy.
The problem is that people are just scared right now. They are traumatized. They are shell shocked.
This has helped Biden, perhaps even in reality, although I assume the polling is as usual skewed to Democrats, with the goal being as usual to make up the difference through cheating.
If the current situation is Trump, then why not prefer the alternative? That is likely as far as many voters have gotten. That such people should not be voters is obvious, but it is the regrettable reality.
The situation is dynamic. It’s hard to know where all this is going.
But the evictions are going to start hitting soon. The foreclosures. The banks will have a lot of stress put on them, which means the financial system. We have merely been postponing the reckoning.
Trump needs to get ahead of all this, by pointing out that, while some response was needed, that he is the guy who understands the need of all Americans to get back to normal, and specifically back to work. There are something like 30-40 million unemployed Americans right now, and it is hard to see how Democrats are doing anything but trying to crap on them. They are talking quadrillion dollar reparations–which would create Zimbabwe level inflation, rendering the payouts nugatory–while something like 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 five Americans isn’t even allowed to work.
Psychologically, Trump needs audiences. He needs to be talking to people all the time. So I think many short conferences is a good short term solution. I think 1-2 daily mini-rallies, staged virtually, is a good short term solution.
And I think in many States actual rallies should be possible soon. Europe is opening up, and God knows they are the Gold Standard of the Left, or at least when it suits their purposes.
And Sweden continues to be a good model. If the severity of the shutdown has an effect, it is most likely that the more severe it is, the worse the outcomes on every metric, including eventual death from the disease.
But I think being able to address groups at least 5 days a week would be therapeutic for Trump, who is likely a bit shell shocked himself. It’s been quite a ride so far, but I would think a thirst to put the bastards to bed would be more than adequate as a motivation to carry on. Our country is under siege by lunatics, and final victory is perhaps no more than one election away.
So I would say to the President “keep the faith, and find a way to keep on doing what you do so well, and which is so energizing both for you and for your audiences. Keep a positive vision of hope and healing, and say it as often as possible. We need hope. We need a way out of this oppressive climate of fear, so much of which has been created by the media as an indirect way to attack Trump.”
His opponents are willing to destroy America to stop a man whose main interest is in creating jobs and optimism. This needs to be made clear to everyone.