Rush put this differently the other day. Trump speaks in code that all Americans understand. “Make America Great Again” means winning, means making the American economy grow, means rebuilding the middle class. You don’t need a 10 point plan on how to do that, because results are all that matter anyway.
If you’re a football coach and your plan is to run the ball, but they put nine men in the box, your first play better be a play fake bomb. Trump’s language is American victory, American greatness. Who else is talking about that? With Rubio, it’s all about “I’m going to add this carrier group and this fighter wing.” Even Cruz gets bogged down into the “10 things he’ll do” his first day in office. All well and good-—and I approve of them-—but to the guy on the street, he’ll say, “And how is my life going to be better?” Well, tell him THAT to start. Why bother with the details that will change along the way.
This cogent analysis should be sent to the National Review, lest they end up in the dustbin of publishing history.