After losing the midterms. President Trump was asked for his thoughts as he stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial reflection pool…he said something like how he had rescued the pool and how beautiful it looks and joked about renaming it the Trump reflection pool.
He went too far with his beautification plans to put his name on the ballroom, the Arch, and changing names like the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the Kennedy Center to add his name, making Canada the 51st State, etc. Not that these ideas were bad; it’s just that when you are faced with inflation and high gas prices and affordability, you need to listen and act on the needs of everyday Americans, not on your needs or desires.
It’s like when someone tells you they have great news for you and you are waiting to hear what it is…and they tell you that they just got a raise, or some other benefit for them.
When Trump said to pretend his name was on the ballot, that was not beneficial, as his name was becoming toxic.
Now, in looking at the 2028 Presidential election, will Republican candidates say that they would not change anything that Trump did (like Kamala Harris saying she wouldn’t change anything Biden did), or will they distance themselves from the MAGA movement?
Maybe the voters got tired of sales pitches like Trump watches and other Trump products instead of their pocketbook concerns.
It’s like a football team controlling the game for three and a half quarters but fumbling with a few minutes to go and loses the game. There were many positive policies in his first two years, only to fumble the ball in the last several months and lose the game because of his hubris and inattention to the electorate’s needs.