Both the economy and national security are issues #1 and #2. Case closed.
Powerful speech.
That is absolutely the ticket.
America First.
Make America SAFE again.
Jobs, jobs, jobs.
You are confusing “ought” and “is” .... I agree that those “ought” to be the top issues, always. But if that were reliably true for the electorate then we never would have had two Bill Clinton presidencies and two Barack Obama presidencies. Not that they had to run against anyone like Trump, far from it, but they never should have been in office if enough of the public had seen through them on (1) national security and (2) economics. The Demagogues get away with a ton of b.s. and it is dangerous to underestimate what they can do with a compliant and servile media. I think Trump is likely to win but I think it is ridiculous to pretend that he is some guaranteed shoe-in. That is just wishful thinking, however much we all wish for it.