Trump's Axios interview

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(08-07-2020, 12:21 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: I can't recall how many times Trump has switched party affiliations to include a third party.  I can't think of any strongly held beliefs other than how making a dollar shapes his world view. I understand how Republicans would support him based upon economic promises during the last and this election.  But, I don't really see where he has improved the economic outlook of lower and middle income workers/farmers in places like Appalachia.

Biden and the Democrats need to address that block of voters if they want to secure a win.  I hope they do it in a meaningful way and not just lip service for votes, also.

Methinks Biden needs to mobilize the people who stayed home because "there was no way this country would put Trump in office."  Trump also has the disadvantage of being the toxic status quo against which he wisely rallied in 2016.  He's now the face of an incompetent government and he no longer has that "Let's give him a shot, why the hell not?" aspect to his campaign.

I'd wager that is why his 2016 was about what he would/could do and fix/change and the 2020 campaign focuses more upon the more common political tactic of warning that it's not about him being good so much as his opponent being dangerous if elected. I realize he did a good amount of bashing Hillary to get elected, but I don't see him basing his 2020 bid around getting around to locking her up, building that wall, defeating ISIS or any of the things he either couldn't do or in some cases flat-out admitted were hot air to get elected.

EDIT - Additionally, the notion that he was going to combat the PC police movement has been a big ol' failure since he gave the PC lovers a common enemy and made people who are proudly un-PC look like very appealing targets...just my take.