Yeah, a bunch of them including Laura Ingraham, (who admitted Trump had better instincts) and Rush among many others here and there, said he needed to do the SOTU elsewhere.
Trump is a traditionalist. He is a conservative of American institutions and values.
He sees that the presidency has been eroded since Reagan. There is no respect for the office, there is no pomp and circumstance etc.
He’s restoring the splendor and class little by little.
MY PREDICTION: HE’S GOING TO WIN THEM ALL OVER EVENTUALLY, ESP THE AOCs OUT THERE.
AOC types (maybe not her) seem a lot more caring of the country than the old guard. I don’t agree with her positions but I also don’t feel like her goal is to beat Trump so much as it is to make the country better. She may prove stubborn and not listen to reason but I suspect many in the country are like her and when presented with better options would take it. They are not getting better options because they never hear the other side. The media prevents that as much as possible. Trump has to find a way to truly communicate with the actual loyal opposition and not just the crazies who hold power.
I agree with all your points, except I don’t think he’ll win many of them over. I worked around many liberals over the years and there’s no winning over people who are incapable of accepting logic, reason and the lessons of history. Make no mistake, they want to control us, restrict our freedoms, and make government the end all in our lives. Their relentless drive toward socialism is just a first step toward even greater evils. I’m afraid our differences with them are simply irreconcilable.
The Democrat Party of today is moving ever further to the Left. They have spent decades preparing for this moment in time having successfully politicized nearly every institution in our country (i.e., the education establishment, the media, the courts, entertainment, etc). This has been a crusade for them and they are not going to abandon that committment any time soon, if ever.
The GOP still labors under the illusion that the Left will compromise in the interest of the common good. The problem with that naivete is when the Left talks about compromise it always means “let’s do it our way”.
I think so too and I bet if the 2020 election were held today; President Trump would win by a significant margin even with the democrats cheating like they always do.