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Trump's Realistic Path to Winning

Greg Crosby

By Greg Crosby

Published August 9, 2024

Trump's Realistic Path to Winning

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For Donald Trump to win back his presidency it won't take more nicknames, or scare tactics, or engaging in generalities using hyperbolic adjectives. It's much simpler than that. All it will take is laying out his common sense policies, beliefs, and vision in a well-articulated manner. And those policies, beliefs, and vision need to be stressed to the voters forcefully and often from now until Election Day.

President Trump is a genuine man, a natural entertainer. He gets on stage and performs for his audience, and they all love him. Nothing wrong with that, except that at this juncture it doesn't do much good. His base supporters are already with him. They love his repartee and shtick. He speaks from the heart and sometimes shoots from the hip. But he has to remember that he's addressing all of America, including those who have never voted for him in the past and may not even like him. He must make his case to them.

American voters who are outside of his base need to hear what he will do to make their lives better, what he will do that will strengthen the economy, and how he will bring back American prestige across the globe. President Trump must outline his policies in a detailed coherent manner. His core beliefs are strong and in line with most of America and he must get them across to his entire audience, he must speak to everybody, not just those who attend his rallies.

Kamala Harris can't compete with normal, traditional, common sense ideas. She has never embraced them, nor do I think she even knows what they are. She and the entire Democrat Party are wedded, for better or worse, to a destructive far-left socialistic ideology which goes against American values and American working class families. She ran her campaign in 2019 on that far left platform and she got trounced.

Donald Trump and J.D Vance must remember that they are not just campaigning against Kamala Harris, they are running against the entire Democrat Party. They have to stress the difference between what the Democrats represent and what the Trump/Vance ticket stands for.

The Dems like to label their opponents as "weird." The reality is, that the Democrats are the ones who are truly weird, with their woke policies which allow biological men to compete in women's sports, allow minors to get sex-change operations, engage in pronoun choice for children, and push transgenderism into our schools. They are the party of woke progressivism. Trump and Vance need to point out just who the real weirdos are.

President Trump needs to compare (with numbers and stats) the state of our country after four years of Biden and Harris in office with Trump's first 3 years (before the pandemic) of accomplishments. Harris simply can't defend their record.

Considering Israel's ever increasing danger from radical Islam, it is incumbent for Donald Trump to address this situation and express his unequivocal support for the Jewish state. It is not enough to say "If I had been the president on October 7th the attack would never have happened." He must address what is going on right now, and forcefully and loudly throw unwavering support behind Israel. It's a winning strategy.

In spite of the Jewish hatred we have been witnessing in the streets and on many college campuses, most Americans still support Israel. For Donald Trump to proudly stand up for Israel will show strength and good common sense. He will be backing a decent, democratic country against an evil and destructive theology. And he must articulate how supporting Israel is actually good for America. The world, let alone America, needs to hear this. Let Harris and the Dems continue to placate the Islamists and antisemites with their weak rhetoric and two-faced policies.

The Democrats operate on old-fashioned political lying and flip-flopping. What they say at any given moment depends on who they happen to be addressing. With Trump and Vance fearlessly taking a strong stand in support of Israel, it will send an important message to all Americans and the entire world. It is something that the Harris Democrats cannot do. They will look exactly like what they are, weak and ineffectual. No question, it is a winning proposition.

Strength, courage, dedication to American ideals and heritage, along with truth and common sense will win over the electorate. Policy and vision is the way Donald Trump will regain the White House.

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