Thursday, November 30, 2017

Trump: massive tax reform rally in St. Charles, Missouri

Political observers are reading more into this rally than surface messaging.

They're consolidating what they hear in this video with other bits of Trump communication. For one, his tweet about the House seeking contempt citations against the DOJ and FBI relating to withholding documents and a witness that shed light on eavesdropping on Trump associates. Read the responses to the tweet for the depth of Twitter depravity. They would be depressing if they could be taken seriously.

Contrast with the results that Trump gets.

And they agree with Rush Limbaugh's assessment of a unified opposition that's total, and the disbelief of that opposition that Trump is still standing.

They believe this rally signals the moment of an important confrontation. That up to now Trump has caused his adversaries in the Democrat party, in the media, and especially in the Republican party to drop their masks and reveal their true agendas, and that it's been important to Trump that his supporters see those masks drop and those agendas revealed.  Now his supporters have been shown this, and now that he is down to the remnants, he is down to the moment of confronting all his opponents.

I must say I had to stop the video four times because I was laughing too hard. For several reasons combined watching Trump in his element cracks me up. I think of other people watching the same thing and becoming enraged at the things I find splendid and that cracks me up even harder. The offense of it, the humor of it, it's pathos all over the place. I had to recover several times. It's ridiculous.

The key to these observer's conclusions comes at the end of the video in summary. Trump makes clear the reasons why the tax bill is attractive to conservative voters while elements are unattractive to America's uniparty in Washington. He names his opponents. Pundits are expecting a hard break with GOPe to end it as non-representative. They expect Trump to initiate another separate political party, one that represents modern conservative voters and reestablishes an actual two party system.

But I don't know.

I'm comparing Trump's effort here with NYT lobbying against this bill. Trump is explicitly clear and he's so energetic he wears me out just watching him, while NYT delivers doctrinaire pablum and urges their readers to contact their representatives, providing them contact information.

3 comments:

edutcher said...

He wants to throw a scare into his opponents.

These are the people you'll face next year. And you've gotta ask yourself one big question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya?

AllenS said...

Trump knows how to act in front of a crowd. Plus, constantly pointing out the hypocrisy of the other side is always a winner.

Methadras said...

You know, I just envision the collective leftist democrat cadre all sinking in the mire of their own swamp and as they are just about to be submerged and as the murky waters of their own hypocrisy begins to envelop them and surround their heads, they reach out with one arm towards the air looking for a lifeline and let out one word before the end, "Trump!" and then GLOOP!!! into oblivion.