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EricHiggin said:
I really wondered how he would answer it as well when asked. I was pretty sure he wouldn't flat out condemn white supremacists directly again, because no politician likes to condemn anything directly, not even Biden, like him walking the line with Antifa and simply condemning violence in general. Which would never be seen as an acceptable response from Trump himself by some. On top of that, Trumps already condemned them in the past, and even then the media either ignored or spun it, and yet they still continue to come after him for it. Trump knows darn well most people who think he's a racist won't change their minds no matter what he says or does to their approval. He also knows he's already tackled this question and that his base will spread that information to those open enough, who had a problem with his debate response. While he could have just given a similar past response, that would be giving the media the go ahead to simply dig up everything Trumps ever been questioned about that's seen as negative, and ask him again. Trump want's to make sure he makes it clear it's unlikely that will be tolerated. Not only that, but Trump is a businessman, and in his typical world, time is money. In his Presidential world, wasting his time is wasting the people's time. If you're seemingly wasting his time by asking the same questions over and over, especially if he's given a more than acceptable response in the past, he's going to get irritated. When Trump get's irritated, he punches back or flat out acts like a dick to let you know you're wasting his time. It's obviously not the most politically correct way to deal with the situation, but neither is asking the same negative gotcha questions after you've been warned plenty of times by Trump in the past, and yet both continue. People are going to see and hear what they want to see and hear, and both Trump and Biden know this for the most part. Both should have a pretty good idea of where they may potentially be able to sway people, and that's where they need to be extra strategic in what they say. On the other hand, times like when Trump was pointing out Biden was 'losing the left', was mostly useless because those individuals aren't so much voting for Biden, they're voting against Trump. Sure, that may have slightly helped to solidify his base but I doubt it weakened Biden's base at all. Same with going after Trump for white supremacy. His base will just get strengthened by the irritation and victimhood of this coming up again after Trump already legitimately covered it prior. Hopefully the next debate is reasonably professional. I get the feeling it will be. |
That move will not work. What I mean is that Trump isn't trying to convince his base or even get more votes from White Supremacy groups and so forth because he already have them. The President is looking to get the votes of the undecided and people who are neither Dem or GOP. In order to get them trying to play games with the media only benefits the media because not being able to answer that question in a concise way still makes him look bad. Those games are stupid now and using the same stragety as he did in 2016 will cost him the election. Neither candidate is trying to sway or should be doing anything to play to their base, they are not going anywhere. They both want those undecided voters and Trump use of words on this issue came across as bad. No body cares what you said in the past, they only care what you say now, when asked on national TV. All news outlets are going with that story and only conservative media isn't but he already have those people and the polls have him far behind. Really it was a very easy question for him to answer without worrying about any blowback. Trump could have called all those groups the devil and they would not change their vote because they are never going to vote for Biden anyway. He lost his chance on that point and he will be constantly hammered for it as well he should.
