My point is simply pragmatic. He already has loyal votes from those of us who look past the bluster. Would he lose us if he eased his tone just a bit? No. He would not, but he would more likely gain votes from those who find his tone offputting. Now you can advise those folks to look past the personality, but people aren’t likely to take that advice simply because we think they should. Nevertheless, we need those votes!
You know, we disliked it when Obama kept going on about how much he personally did something. People were actually count the number of times he referred to himself in his speeches. It was a big joke.
Trump can and should continue to defend himself of course, and I disagree with Tucker’s point about Trump not knowing how to get things done. However, no one really likes a braggart. It’s off putting and frankly childish, and I guarantee it’s going to needlessly cost Trump votes.
Thank you for your courteous reply.
When I listen to POTUS and I listen to almost every speech, press conference, address to the Nation, statements at signings, before meetings etc what I hear is someone who speaks a great deal about other people’s accomplishments, the great things they have done & how valuable their efforts have been. I hear that over & over again. I hear a man who gives others credit and sometimes IMO gives them credit he could have taken himself. POTUS wants the results more than the credit.
I do hear what the President himself has accomplished and I hear him say that no one else could have accomplished it. I hear his pleasure in things that worked out well “a really good deal” “an improvement in relations with NK that has been tried without success for decades”. He often says “I am a great deal maker”. He’s right about all those things. They are not boasts and no one else has or could have accomplished as much against these odds.
Who else would tell that truth, who would put it into context if POTUS did not? Don’t people need to know, the press is ready to give credit to Obama, to dumb luck, to discredit the worth of these accomplishments. Would you trade the knowledge of what these things really mean for America so you could avoid the embarrassment of watching someone praise his own accomplishments?
It’s blunt reality that no one else will tell the American people & they need to know to make good voting decisions. They can get the truth from him or do without. If it makes them uncomfortable to hear it from him they can get used to that and understand why it must be that way or they can become Europe and eventually a one Nation hedgemony.
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...... well said.