Wife and I are fanatical Trump supporters. Despise the democrats. Have watched 99% of his rallies,etc.
Watching that Lincoln Memorial “town hall”, we’re concerned. He doesn’t answer questions, even when we know his administration has the answers. He repeats the same speeches almost without change.
He had questions from normal Americans, I know his reopening plan provides the answers and Pence would hit them out of the park. Instead, Trump wings the answers.
Our conclusion is he is living in a bubble, no one can tell him to adjust his style and focus. This happens to all presidents and the first reelection debate is usually a disastrous wake up call.
I don’t like writing this, my sense is it isn’t hurting him yet, but he needs to work on his approach. I hope he has that ability.
Maybe he can skate with this approach. But I’m sure deep inside, Pence wants to throw the reopening plan at him and say damn it the answers are in here!
He had multiple friendly questions from real Americans about opening schools, making restaurants safe, aid for one-person entrepreneurs, glitches in getting unemployment. He did not answer a single one directly, he winged the answers, even though I know the answers exist in his aid plans, his guidelines, etc.
I’m not talking about any of his usual personality traits like hostility to the press, they’re all fine with me. But he’s not incorporating facts into his statements, and he sounds like he’s avoiding a lot. That’s not what worked the first time around.
The town hall was a dud.
Those were NOT questions from ordinary Americans. For the most part they were carefully selected gotcha questions from Faux News. When I saw the name Martha McCallum attached to this I expected no less.
I agree with your observation that he appears to be in a bubble. He’s been pretty much a captive in the White House since early March. He needs to get out here in flyover country and experience first-hand the vitriol that exists for Tony Fauci.
Trump has never been a details person. His specialty has always been the big picture. But now details are required and he may need to adapt his schtick to what's needed now.