Trump surveyed the smoking ruin of his reelection and decided: Be more Trumpy
President Trump has surveyed the smoking ruins of his reelection campaign — dogged by disastrous polls, beset by internal conflict, regarded with growing horror by Republican elites — and proposed a reason for this failure. Trump believes that he has not been Trumpy enough.
According to a report by Jonathan Swan for Axios, the president has been telling friends that he regrets following moderate advice from his son-in-law Jared Kushner and needs to “stick closer to his own instincts.” One of Swan’s sources summarized Trump’s determination this way: “No more of Jared’s woke s***.”
Now that they mention it, it seems obvious. Trump has become so politically correct, so coy about his true beliefs. Yes, he unleashed riot police and tear gas on peaceful protesters in front of the White House. Yes, he tweeted videos of black men attacking white people, as well as the video of a supporter yelling “white power!” Yes, he accused a Black Lives Matter leader of treason and described the painting of “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue in New York as “a symbol of hate.” But, still, his public personality has become so diluted and constrained. If only he followed his instincts and spoke from his gut, the campaign would be okey-doke in short order.
We are accustomed to vanity and self-delusion from the president. But this is really something. Trump has been untethered from sound, constraining advice for much of his first term. Now, faced with the disastrous consequences of his authenticity, he tries to place the blame on one or two scattered moments of sanity. Only those who want to see Trump’s political career crash and burn would agree with his analysis. (And oh, by the way: GREAT INSIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT!)
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