Trump needs top stop putting his foot in his mouth. Been doing it too much lately.
As when he said he was inspecting the bunker. Everyone knew that was BS. All he had to say was upon the advice of the SS they advised he go down into the bunker and everyone would have accepted it.
“Trump needs top stop putting his foot in his mouth.“
??? Whatever he is doing is working - he is so much better at handling the fake news media than any Republican since Reagan. I think the shooting from the hip approach that you are calling “foot in mouth” is a deliberate and highly successful strategy.
The Bushes, McCain, Romney - all tried appeasement - they all tried to sound “moderate” and “presidential” in order to try and please the media. They put their fingers in the air to see which way the media wind was blowing, and spoke accordingly.
Did that approach ever work for a Republican? Not even close.
The more they tried to sound compassionate, inclusive, diverse, or whatever, the farther Leftward the media moved the goalpost - they never got any credit for all that appeasement.
The Bushes cozied up with the Clintons, etc., to show how “woke“ they were - but still got called morons and imbeciles by the press. McCain tried to prove how anti-war, environmental, and non-racist he was, but to no avail - they hated McCain’s guts right up until he became a neverTrumper - then it became useful to feign respect to try to divide Republicans.
Romney tried so hard to act like a Democrat but they cast him as an out-of-touch rich white guy anyway - a “one percenter”. Like McCain, the Left feigns respect for Romney while it serves their purpose - but it is fake.
All appeasement does is show weakness and vulnerability - the Left smells blood, doubles down, and goes in for the kill.
Reagan didn’t pull any of that appeasement nonsense and neither is Trump.
From where I’m sitting, it’s working - the Left can’t make a dent - they originally demanded his tax returns because they thought his wealth was a political liability, as if wealth is a terrible thing. Trump just said “yes, I’m incredibly rich - so what?”. So they pulled a 180° and started saying he wasn’t as rich as he claimed... he says one thing, gets one reaction, then says the opposite, gets the opposite reaction - then he just laughs at their utter confusion..
He’s playing the media like a fiddle..