>>638429

You're not wrong.

Whoever was in charge of that particular part of the speech (looking at you, Q) dropped the ball.

DJT's speeches on domestic issues hit hardest with personal examples from others, citizens who live through such atrocities or have lost someone who didn't.

See SOTU, tax cut families, etc.

That being said, all we've seen about the opioid epidemic and drugs are stiff speeches and boring committees.

If Q is using the rally speech, stiff as it was on that topic, to gage public response and calling that the end-all-be-all to say "the public isn't ready", then he/they'd be dropping the ball twice over.

You can't fail once, say "well, we tried", then swing to something else and leave it unfinished or incomplete without trying a better method. That's faggot shit.

Q, address the opioid/drug problem by including real people who have lived through it, and I guarantee you'll get better public response.

>>638605

>work people up thru the "chain of command"

You make a good point - it's what they're currently doing with the pedo rings, going after the small fry first and working their way up to the ringleaders.

You are correct in that POTUS was paying a lot of attention to the crowd; this was A/B testing on a wide scale, and now he has his answer.

I would argue that, though I agree that we are too soft on drug dealers, talking about putting them all to death in a room full of people looking to have a fun rally was not the best tactic.

>Cover the downside, and the upside takes care of itself.

The Art of the Deal.

For whatever reason, the drug problem is a topic where DJT doesn't heed his own advice.

Nobody wants to talk about the gritty details of what needs to happen, but they do want to know that something is being done to meet expectations (reduction of drug use, subsequent reduction of other violent crime, rehabilitation, etc.).

Same with construction: nobody needs to know the ins and outs about the project, just that it's being done satisfactorily (looks good on the skyline, provides jobs and job space, provides housing, etc.).

When it comes to the drug problem, POTUS/Q need to stop themselves from pulling a Reagan and get back to DJT basics.