Trump has, from the beginning, been classy and eloquent in one on one interviews with reporters/pundits with whom he has a modicum of rapport. He is always quite handsome, meticulously groomed, receptive and his words live up to his presence. These private one on one venues have always been a stark contrast to the stump speeches, for rallying the rowdy and building a movement.
His understanding of where he is heading with policy has been generalized for a reason, while behind the scenes he has been consulting with like minded, well educated and informed sources to eventually bring the broad brush into finer strokes, the facts and figures into line items.
The reason for the extended generalization on policy has served a larger purpose, or two. One is that he has had no need to show his hand, just because the media wanted fodder to nitpick through it and then throw it, piece by piece, back in his face. It was way to early to be goaded into details, no other candidate was revealing anything more and most important— Trump was LEADING BY MILES. There was no hurry until the race tightens for a candidate to have to throw out something to grab the cameras back again.
Trump is doing that. His timing is meticulous. The race has tightened, he has had time to be behind closed doors absorbing his consultants analysis and putting it together with his own instincts. So, what do we get? A stunning delivery on CNN, not FAUX, and the world sees an elegant man deliver an elegant PRO-GROWTH tax plan, simple enough for anyone to understand while teaching the viewer what the goal is— GROWTH, Reagan style. How many of the electorate even remember Reagan? They will by the time Trump finishes.
Growth is wealth. Not every dweeb out there even knows we were a once great and wealthy nation, with but a fraction of today’s foreign debt.
I know you’re a heartfelt Trump supporter and I respect your defenses of him and sound reasoning. I didn’t mind that he’d not been specific, I mind that he’d been crass and often shallow and self-aggrandizing. I don’t trust a personality like that, but have always said I’d try to keep an open mind about him.
I admit to a grudging admiration for him. He’s endured rugged and often vicious hits from public and media - (much of it was self-inflicted to start). But I do not expect perfection from politicians, or doctors or lawyers or myself...so I keep watching and paying attention.
Trying to explain what it was like to live through Carter and then Reagan to younger people is hard. But we know that with a president who loves America, great changes can occur.
“It was way too early to be goaded into details...there was no hurry until the race tightens for a candidate to have to throw out something to grab the cameras back again.”
Good point.