Posted on 03/22/2023 6:34:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
I’m no dreamer. I always face reality. Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis don’t especially like each other. They are two competitive, mega-successful leaders. They both have big egos (well earned). They both believe they should be the one to save America. But so what? Former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush didn’t especially like each other in 1980. But they united for the good of the GOP and the country. That gave Reagan two landslide victories, and Bush followed as president. That’s the ticket to save America today: UNITY.
With the GOP divided and Democrats in control of government, the very existence of America is threatened. Look around. We are on the verge of World War III. The U.S. economy is in decline. Banks are failing. Our border is wide open. Crime is exploding. And inflation is wiping out the great American middle class. America is hanging by a thread.
Our only hope is the reelection of Trump as president. But even that is not enough. For any chance at all, America needs DeSantis to carry on after Trump. America and the world are simply in too precarious a state to fix in four years. But a lot can be done in 12 years. To that end, let me first offer Trump and DeSantis my advice on how they can work together to save America.
This isn’t about either of you. It’s about saving the United States of America from a communist takeover, combined with a foreign invasion at our border. Time is running out.
Let me stress again: Four years with Trump as president is a good start, but it is only that… a start. Because it is going to take more than four years to save this troubled country. Because of that, I believe Trump and DeSantis are, at this moment in time, the two most important people in the world…
How? It starts with them becoming a team. Let DeSantis acknowledge the importance of Trump being president for the next four years, and let Trump acknowledge the importance of DeSantis taking over from him in 2028.
My personal opinion is that DeSantis should remain governor of Florida for the next four years, thereby solidifying his credentials as “the greatest governor in the history of America.” But he would also make a great vice president (assuming Trump/DeSantis can work out the legal residence issue of the Electoral College).
As VP I’d put DeSantis in charge of election integrity. He’s the man to make America’s elections as secure as Florida’s elections. And with a secure election, look what happens. The GOP won by a landslide in Florida.
Next, after deciding how to best proceed to unite the GOP and save America, jointly announce that decision to the world, and announce that they are going to work together to ensure that Trump is elected president of the United States in 2024, then DeSantis in 2028.
With this unifying message in place, Trump is essentially guaranteed to be the Republican nominee. Then Trump can embark on what I call, “The ‘What Have You Got to Lose?’ Tour” aimed at converting independent and Democrat voters in battleground states (meaning states that are actually winnable, if just a few voters can be persuaded to change sides).
Hold rallies in Philadelphia (in battleground Pennsylvania), Minneapolis (in battleground Minnesota), Atlanta (in battleground Georgia), Detroit (in battleground Michigan), Milwaukee (in battleground Wisconsin), Las Vegas (in battleground Nevada), Phoenix (in battleground Arizona) and Virginia Beach (in battleground Virginia).
This is the strategy to win the election in 2024.
Every vote gained this way is a “twofer” — meaning it’s one more Trump vote, and one less Democrat vote. That’s two for the price of one. But this strategy only works in battleground states, where the margin is razor thin.
The message “What Have You Got to Lose?” is simple and powerful. Democrat voters in Democrat-run cities live in MISERY. Trump’s point is, “What have the Democrats done for you? It can’t get any worse.”
To the contrary, President Trump gave black, Latino and female voters (all groups that support Democrats) the lowest unemployment in history; historic increases in middle-class income; and near-zero inflation. Compare all of that to Biden’s economy today.
With Trump and DeSantis in partnership, this strategy makes sense. But with a bitter primary fight, Trump must aim his campaign only at Republican voters.
But if we win with Trump in 2024, and he makes major strides to save the great American middle class; secure the border; restore law and order; reduce inflation; and restore election integrity, then we have a great chance to elect DeSantis in 2028 — and put together 12 straight years of GOP rule.
So, saving the greatest country in world history all comes down to putting ego aside and uniting Trump and DeSantis for the good of America.
Um...that was 2020, when Pence and McConnell couldn't put their egos aside and take the risk of facing public criticism.
Thanks but no
Yeah, I think leaving Florida without DeSantis would certainly
make this nation safe for decades to come. /s
Who writes this drivel?
Only one counterpoint cuts this theory to shreds.
If DeSantis leaves Florida and the Democrats win the
Presidential General Election again, that leaves the US
and Florida without as strong leader as it could have had.
That’s a risk none of us should sign on to.
I agree but how do WE do that ?
“What would Trump do given the current stalemate situation?”
I suspect that he’d stop the arms pipeline, if only because it is SEVERELY WEAKENING the United States and its allies (particularly South Korea and Israel, as we’re cleaning out their armories).
And once the arms flow stops, so does that horrific war.
I recall that it got pretty heated between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz back in the 2016 election. But they seem to be on reasonable terms now.
RE: I suspect that he’d stop the arms pipeline,
Which means that Trump will allow Ukraine to be taken over by Russia.
RE: I recall that it got pretty heated between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz back in the 2016 election.
Yep, Cruz almost refused to endorse him in the RNC Convention.
It all started with Trump accusing Cruz’s father of being part of the conspiracy to assassinate JFK.
I think trump might be the problem. He is a one man show. If he was other than that he would create a shadow government team. Reagan had his california cabinet that moved in and made his office work. Trump is just him. It worked great for 4 years but everything he did was undone in 4 minutes by the scum not only biden but every person in the (not government) dc scum. all office holder and employees of (not government) DC.
“Which means that Trump will allow Ukraine to be taken over by Russia.”
Certainly part of Ukraine (at a minimum), which is the way it ends anyway, but my ‘prediction’ of Trump’s ending is that it assures that the world that there won’t be a nuclear exchange in the process...something that is far from assured today.
I think it started in Chicago when the constitutional scholar blamed Trump for the violence at his rally.
well he always had Carl Icahn ...
I am worried we will even make it to next year.
Put DeSantis a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Not on your life.
Well, it seems that’s not gonna happen
DeSantis just threw in with the Bush/Rove crowd.
Ya got me there.
There is an easy solution to this, if DeSantis wants it.
He simply makes it definitively clear he is not running for POTUS 2024 and endorses President Trump.
Then, it’s up to President Trump to select him as his V.P..
Not sure if President Trump would do this given the disloyalty shown by DeSantis, but I have seen President Trump forgive and forget on multiple occasions the same behavior and maybe even worse.
Just in one week DeSantis has made two politically terrible errors.
First was his response to the Trump indictment (or lack thereof). He could have simply come out against weaponization of LE against Trump and other Republicans. He fumbled the ball. Here’s an example of what happens to Republicans:
Then his U-turn on the war in Ukraine. First it was a territorial dispute, now he says his statements were misconstrued and Putin is a war criminal.
Somehow Trump can U-turn on a position and people don’t care. I don’t know how he does it but somehow he does. From the last week’s polling Ron is not getting away with it. That is something we need to consider.
Is Ron ready to face off against Newsom? Because when the word comes down from Martha’s Vineyard to take Joe off the stage Newsom will be the Dems’ nominee (paraphrasing Rush). And there will be LOTS of people who will vote for Newsom because “he’s so pretty!” and “he supports the right to choose”.
You actually think there will be a fair election in 2024? LMAO That ship has long sailed.
Voting wont fix a thing. It’s a defeatist attitude. That ship sailed.
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