Donald Trump has proven that even on hostile turf, like a CNN “town hall” he can more than hold his own. In fact, he made them look like the chumps they are. The petulant moderator came off as a middle school hall monitor almost constantly hectoring the former president with subjective corrections to almost everything Trump asserted. And the audience was in Trump’s pocket. They cheered his punchlines and took his part in the argument.
So, candidate Trump has a solid base of Republican voters who want him to be the nominee. And sure, why shouldn’t he be the candidate. But I think a lot of folks no longer think we’re going to get anywhere by electing politicians to spend four years in Washington DC being undermined by the FBI, the Justice Department and the rest of the Deep State.
We’ve just seen this movie. Even if by some miracle Donald Trump wins the 2024 election and ends up in the White House, what’s going to be different? How does he make the FBI follow his orders? How does he get the Defense Department to end their wars? When he ordered the Pentagon to end the Afghanistan war, they ignored him. Just flat out ignored him.
Going into that charade again without a plan for making the outcome different is a complete waste of time we don’t have. Things are already at the breaking point in large sections of the population. Dooming people to waiting four more years or even two years is a death sentence.
If Trump and DeSantis and the rest of the Republican leaders had half a brain they’d have already sat down together and begun putting together an agenda that concentrated on what could be done right now on the state and local level. They should have a plan that included initiatives that could be implemented over the next year and a half and then two separate plans to be implemented after that. One plan would be used if the Republicans took back the White House and the other one would be used if they didn’t. It’s as simple as that.
What I’m saying is that conservative politics can no longer be pursued as if it’s a gentleman’s pastime that’s dusted off every four years and then put back on the shelf if the Democrats win. If we don’t start pushing back right now and wherever it can be done it won’t matter whether we “win the next one.” Because there won’t be anyone left who will care. Another four years of new Americans will replace four years of Americans. The tipping point has already been reached.
So, Trump, DeSantis and the rest of you “leaders,” wake up! Sit down together and start planning for the big picture. The clock is ticking and your window of opportunity is closing. Fighting each other to be the losing candidate in 2024 is a singularly meaningless waste of time. Sure, one of you can be the candidate. But it should be a unity government that represents a consensus on what the platform must be. And those idiots in the House and Senate must be dope slapped until they cooperate with the plans and preparations that the state leaders decide upon.
Anyway, that’s my read on all this.