Posted on 04/22/2019 5:51:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
To his rally-goers, Donald Trump openly craves a 2020 showdown with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), salivating at the prospect of getting to run against an elderly, self-declared democratic socialist.
But in private, his view of a potential run against the senator is a lot more complex and less swaggeringly self-assured.
Those around the president say he’s been of two minds when the topic of facing Sanders in 2020 comes up. While he sees the senator as a vulnerable opponent, he also has offered begrudging respect for his political acumen. Trump will—sometimes unprompted—bring up Sanders’ own working-class support, and acknowledge that there is, in fact, potential for the senator to win over Trump voters with his populist appeal, three sources who’ve discussed this with the president tell The Daily Beast. The president has been impressed with Sanders’ ability to ignite his base and draw a large crowd, though not, in his words, as “good as Trump.” The president has also privately discussed the fundraising hauls that Sanders and his campaign have pulled off, noting Sanders’ impressive track record with small-dollar donors.
“In my conversations with the president, both in interviews and privately, I get the sense the president has clearly taken notice of the amount of money that Sanders is raising, the amount of small donors, and the passion of his followers,” said Eric Bolling, a BlazeTV host and friend of Trump and his family.
The respect the president has shown for Sanders is, in a way, a reflection of Trump’s own belief that the key ingredients for success in American politics are unconventionality and populism. Sanders, like the president, has cast himself as a politician who operates outside the traditional governing structures and whose north star is helping the American working class.
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More FAKE NEWS from Yahoo!
Notice no names are given.
Trollmeister.
I’d be surprised if it weren’t Biden. Sanders understands the problem but has no idea what to do about it. He also no longer sees illegals as a problem (or he won’t talk about it much or he’ll get the heave ho). He did mention the other day that you can’t just bring everyone in (Probably lost him some primary votes). There is appeal there though. The one thing is, I tend to think that if he were to win the nomination he might get Roy Moore’d because the Dem establishment don’t really like him.
Br’er Rabbit (Trump) pleading with Br’er Fox (Democrats) not to throw him into the brier patch (face Sanders in election.)
Huh?
More reporters on hallucinogens?
Those around the president say...
Eric Bolling.
“Those around the president say” = fake news
Actually, sanders and Trump are the only two candiates that I actually believe to be sincere about helping the American people.
Of course, Sanders is almost entirely wildly wrong in terms of how to go about doing that.
Now you're just making up names.
Look at the title, then this comment “Those around the president say he’s been of two minds when the topic of facing Sanders in 2020 comes up. “ and then add in Eric Bolling’s tangential opinion.
What does that add up to?
FAKE NEWS!
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