Republican Nominee Donald Trump’s campaign has gone from fringe mockery presidential run to full fledged legitimacy. Some people may be wondering if Trump ever thought he’d even get this far. Well unfortunately for him and the American public, he’ll be facing off against Hillary Clinton this November.
The same rhetoric that propelled Trump to this level will also be his downfall. Close advisers and Republicans who let this rise occur didn’t expect the obvious. Trump was never going to change. Unlike a trained pivoting politician, Trump hasn’t begun to change his tune to gear up for the national election.
A Tumultuous Rise
The numerous amounts of gaffes and major political blunders he committed was Trump’s original allure. He was going to tell it like it is, whether you liked it or not. Trump was at first a reactionary force to what many people considered language policing. Oftentimes people with good intentions take things too far on the left, leading to more intolerance.
Unfortunately, Trump was not the answer to this debate. He was just a plain bully and, here’s that word again everyone likes to throw around too, a demagogue. After making disparaging comments about a judge, based on race, proposing to ban all Muslims and build an implausible wall, the offenses kept piling up.
But none of those things mattered to the base of Trump. Those were things they wanted to hear. That is until he started a vindictive public argument with a gold star family. Then one day slipped up and said second amendment advocates could figure out how to deal with Clinton. People close to him got to thinking, maybe they shouldn’t have stood behind this ticking time bomb.
Insider Worries
Charles R. Black Jr., a Republican lobbyist has voiced some of these concerns, stating:
“He has three or four good days and then makes another gaffe.”
Regarding his advisors opinions, Black said:
“They think he is making progress in terms of being able to make set speeches and not take the bait on every attack somebody makes on him.”
Trump’s advisors are more concerned if their presumptive nominee will be able to hold back a temper tantrum than actually garner votes. This was no more evident than his meeting with Karl Rove. The mastermind behind the Bush elections sat down with Trump and was baffled at his lack of presidential focus.
Trump had no grasp of basic campaign scheduling and utilizing data to reach voters. It’s as if Trump isn’t as smart as he made himself out to be. Jay Bergman, an oil executive, visited Trump at a donor meeting where Trump made the room go around in a circle voicing their thoughts about who his running mate should be. Bergman then remarked that he thinks he did this to avoid talking about any kind of policy.
On top of worrying and leaving out established conservative voices and think tanks, Trump has delegated family members to position of power. His son in law Mr. Kushner, who has no political experience or background in the matter, is in charge of the campaign’s budget and varying operations.
Even if major aides try to help him, the outcome will be the same. Trump will implode on himself and show his true colors of being unqualified and inept. This nightmare of a political run is almost over. One day this will just be a past story for him to recount on a golf course to his other out of touch rich friends who’ll say:
“Wow you almost got there Donald.”
Trump’s wall is such a laughing stock that company’s are now using parodies of it for advertising:
Featured image from YouTube video.
