On Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump officially announced his third consecutive bid for the White House, a move that, while expected, has huge implications for either major political party.
Is Trump’s candidacy the worst concept in history, given his diminished and poor half-finished results?Or is it precisely what the Republican Party wants at a time like this?The most productive politicians in the country and some mavens and analysts intervene:
Sen. Lindsay Graham and Trump have had an unusual relationship. But following Trump’s speech at his Mar-a-Lago mansion on Tuesday, Graham still had nothing smart to say. “If President Trump continues in this tone and delivers on this message consistently, it will be hard to beat,” Graham tweeted. “His speech tonight, which confronts his policies and effects opposed to the Biden administration, charts a winning path for him in the primaries and general election. “
Graham added that “as we pay attention to President Trump, who reminds us of what is imaginable regarding our borders, our economy, and our national security, I hope he continues to focus on the answers he proposed tonight to repair a damaged America. “
“Trump has gotten his mojo back,” Fox News contributor and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tweeted after the announcement. The president “stays on this path, he’s unbeatable,” Huckabee predicted.
Rusak, the opinion editor of Texas’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, also believes that Tuesday night’s edition of Trump could have a chance in 2024, but only if it doesn’t stand in his own way. script,” and has moved away from mentions of his Republican rivals and the 2020 election, it looked like “he could be unbeatable,” Rusak wrote in his investigation the night. After all, Trump is doing his best when he “highlights the pain and frustration of inflation, crime and immigration” without falling into his typical rhetorical traps. But Trump has become the “Wacky Rally” edition of himself in the timing part of his speech, Rusak said, demonstrating “that he’s not capable of that kind of field for two hours, let alone two years. “
Bulwark’s Bill Kristol also thinks Trump could return. “Don’t underestimate Trump,” tweeted an “alarmed” Kristol the day after the announcement. “He won the Republican nomination twice and the presidency once. He is a tried and tested demagogue on the national stage. Start early to avoid the urge of others. He may win the nomination again. He may win the presidency again. “
Not to mention, “there’s a lot of electorate that still needs Trump,” Kristol said, speaking to Newsy. As the electorate has shown, there is rarely much room in the party for an anti-Trump Republican candidate, exiled GOP representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming. )But overall, the former president’s “quieter” speech strategically hit all the right notes, Kristol reflected, giving him enough opportunity to refine his newest message into one that resonates with his base.
Just one day after Trump’s moment, he is rumored to be hopeful for 2024 and former Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News’
Since leaving the White House, Pence said he had learned that “other American people get along pretty well most of the time, and it’s our politics that is deeply divided. “That will reflect the way they relate to each other on a daily basis. “
Former White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews was not impressed by Trump’s tone, going so far as to call Trump’s speech in which he delivered his candidacy “low energy” and “irrelevant. “, tweeted in real time. ” It’s not exactly what you want when you announce a presidential race. “According to The Hill, Trump has opted for a much more “calm” and “moderate” tone and attitude, everything others in the political field have. He also picked up. ” Boring? Many other people are. Read about [President Biden’s] high-energy record!” tweeted Biden’s White House deputy press secretary, Andrew Bates, sharing a link to a new White House website highlighting the legislative accomplishments of the existing administration.
Conservative commentator Michael Knowles mentioned Trump’s softer tone and rhetoric, but noted that it is most likely a strategic resolution to pit the former president against his “main rival,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). DeSantis enthusiasts describe him as “Trump without the drawbacks,” Knowles noted, and the former president “wanted to show that he, too, could be Trump without the drawbacks. “
With a succinct and straightforward headline, the National Review’s editorial board made its position on Trump’s third set incredibly clear: “No. “
While the former president’s tenure was not without success, the board said, it was in a different way “chaotic even in his most productive days” thanks to Trump’s “erratic nature and lack of seriousness. “Ultimately, “the Republican electorate deserves to abandon the concept that Trump is a winner,” just take a look at the margins in his last two presidential races and their likely negative effect on the 2022 midterm elections.
With that in mind, and given what “has happened since 2020,” it’s simple to assume that “Trump is weaker” than before, the council continued. The answer to its 2024 offer “should be a company and a no-equivocal. “
Trump’s common critic, Jan. 6 committee member and retired representative. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill. ) responded to the former president’s now-official candidacy with a scathing video on Twitter in which he described Trump as an “abuser and con man. “”Donald Trump is a stain on our nation,” Kinzinger said. On Tuesday night, “. . . But to my fellow Republican leaders, listen: If you ever need to look in the mirror, stand up and speak up now. “
At this point, there is no global in which the Republican Party can separate from Trump, Robert Schlesinger argued for The New Republic. It’s a “suicide mission,” he said. If Trump wins the nomination, the Republican Party “will only be more tied to the Trump brand. “The Republican Party “will want a lot of time to get rid of the Faustian deal it closed in 2015,” Schlesinger concluded, “and there are any and all explanations for why you suspect this is a fear you will try to avoid facing. “
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