Posted on 05/24/2016 8:50:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump 's surge in the polls isn't just the result of the usual bump presidential candidates historically enjoy after they sew up the primary battles and earn the "presumptive nominee" title. And it's also not just the result of Hillary Clinton 's mistakes, even though she is making some serious campaign errors right now. What has been happening over the last few weeks is that Trump has changed his attack and messaging in a subtle but effective way, so subtle that many pundits may have missed it. But here are the three things Trump is doing very well right now:
A month ago, Trump was still talking and tweeting too much about the Republican opponents he had long since vanquished. But in the past week to 10 days, he's been much more focused on Clinton and that's had the dual effect of weakening her and persuading more and more reluctant Republicans to jump aboard the Trump train. But saying Trump is going after Clinton doesn't tell half the story; it's how he's attacking her that really matters....
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
“Trump stood out with loud and politically incorrect comments about illegal immigrants and Muslim visitors to the U.S”
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Article makes a number of good and honest observations, but the above phrasing stuck out to me.
muslim visitors? Really? Just staying long enough to kill us? Or was this a slip up, admitting they are only here to do us harm, not become Americans?
He was forced to keep addressing them because of those who still aspire to throw a wrench in the works - as evidenced by the Washington State GOPe designating 41 Cruz supporters and 3 Trump supporters for delegates, and those who talk about trying to make all the delegates free agents during the convention.....he wants to win and they'd rather throw it away on "principles".
That was on full display last week when Trump basically blamed the EgyptAir crash on terrorism before most of the key facts came in. That's an entirely different kind of risky talk than bashing border security.
It was a gamble that seems to be paying off as all the proper experts now also say that terrorism is the most likely cause of the disaster. Trump getting well ahead of that part of the story would have made him look bad had the facts come out differently, but he saw it as a good bet to seem much more realistic and even forceful in a crisis.
Like it took a genius to figure out that a mysteriously disappearing airline flight from the Muslim country which the Muslim Brotherhood hates the most wasn't an accident?
He’s educating the ignorant Millennials about the Clintons sordid past which the drivebys won’t tell them about.
Comments on liberal yahoo website for this article are nearly 100% anti-Hillary.
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