[from the article]
“Trump even went so far on Morning Joe to exonerate all Democrats by specifically saying “when the economy crashed so horribly under George Bush, because of mistakes they (Republicans) made…with banking and a lot of other things… I don’t think the Democrats would have done that.”
First, I agree with the author as to 2008 causes.
But Trump may be being very clever here. Whatever you want to say about 2008, it is “ancient history”. Will we make the same mistake(s) again? Probably, in slightly different guise. but my point is that it’s gone, it’s “done”. Dodd-Frank, which came out of it, is stupid, destructive law, but it is nevertheless the law. So, pointing fingers over 2008, a topic that very very few people understand or even have the capability of understanding....is a no win. The lesson from sales is: It simply connects people to their pain, and if he ragged on it, it would come out of Trump’s mouth. This you do not want to do.
Trump’s BIG issue is immigration, and that is now and for the future. In immigration, black-letter law is being disregarded. That’s “fatal”.
If Trump has really had a conservative conversion (I do not know, I don’t think anyone can know) and wishes to mouth off about every aspect and topic he thinks are Dems fault(s) he could alienate a lot of people and maybe he is trying to sidle up to disaffected Dems by no discomforting them about everything they ever believed in.
ASD: I respect your opinion, but totally disagree for this reason: we have NEVER gotten indies and Dems to vote for us when we pretend to agree with them, thus is it foolish and destructive, not clever, to agree with leftist talking points on the crash of 2008.
We only get those folks when we convince them to join us, not when we join them. History is clear. And FTR, I don’t think Trump even understands this. Personal wealth and macro economics are NOT THE SAME thing.