Former Trump Aide: The 10 Things Trump Must Do to Win
February 14, 2023 (7d ago) Guest Post by James Bacon1/3
Ever since President Trump announced his 2024 campaign, the mainstream media silence has been deafening — in stark contrast to the media frenzy that exploded in the aftermath of President Trump’s now legendary ride down the escalator. The mainstream media blackout of President Trump (which includes Fox News to a large degree) is only one such vector of attack from an establishment that is increasingly desperate to neutralize President Trump and the historic America First political movement he created.
Despite such resistance, President Trump remains the clear front runner in the 2024 race. Most polls depict Trump solidly in the lead, with a few outliers that seem to be politically motivated at best. The more has-been losers like Nikki Haley enter the race, the more Trump benefits from a split non-Trump vote. Furthermore, when it comes to substance,Trump has distinguished his run so-far with some of the most sophisticated and important policy statements from any politician in recent memory— take a look, for instance, at his recent statement on Big Tech censorship.
President Trump is smart enough to know that the race will only get tougher as corrupt donors and special interests continue conspire against him, and as Florida Governor DeSantis contemplates entering the race. With the momentum of his front-runner status and adoration from a solidly loyal base, Trump needs to kick his 2024 campaign into overdrive to remove all doubt as to his status in 2024.
Here are 10 things President Trump could do to lap his competitors and ensure total victory just as the race is getting started:
1. Reinvent the Issues Again
Every issue has a certain lifespan within which people care about it. You can only talk about the border crisis so many times before the public loses interest. But there are usually a few issues lurking below the surface that would fire people up if brought to the forefront. Trump did this in 2016 when he brought illegal immigration into the conversation. But since then, conservatives have struggled to come up with winning issues on their own. The content has become stale, and we need Trump to reinvent the issues again. Here are a few of the issues with the most potential:
End Homelessness, Clean Up the Streets
Homelessness is out of control and Americans (including Democrats) are boiling over with anger at their leaders for doing nothing about it. Sympathy for homeless people has simply run out. They’re assaulting people on the streets, stealing from businesses, destroying public spaces, and doing drugs in plain sight. And it’s not just an issue for the big cities. Homelessness has gone up in nearly every city in America, including small cities in middle America. As an issue, it has been bubbling up since 2020, and will be ripe just in time for the 2024 cycle. Trump should bring this issue to the forefront with a bold proposal like a nationwide project to clean up the streets. He should call for forcibly clearing out all encampments in the United States, placing the homeless in mental health facilities or drug rehabilitation centers, and locking up those who don’t comply. Social services have been tried, and all they do is further incentivize homelessness. Trump has an opportunity to be the first politician to propose a serious solution.
End Affirmative Action and Diversity Hiring
According to a recent analysis by Richard Hanania, affirmative action is the most unpopular position the Democrats support. Every ballot initiative for affirmative action repeatedly fails, even in the most liberal states like California. And yet, a small group of radicals have imposed diversity standards on every aspect of American life, transforming America from a merit-based society, to a standard-less society. Most Americans oppose hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity and gender, but Republicans never make the left defend this radical stance. As a businessman, Trump is the perfect messenger for the return to a merit-based society. He should propose a war on all affirmative action-based hiring in the United States using all the legal means at his disposal. Critical Race Theory is a minor issue in comparison. If Trump does this, DeSantis will be left in the dust.
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