From the convention to Kenosha, Trump is trying run as a classic "strongman" politician. As Trump sows chaos, Democrats have the opportunity to go on offense and paint Trump as weak and undermine his core strength with a lot of his voters messagebox.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-…
By speaking/tweeting incessantly about chaos and violence happening on his watch, Trump is trying to re-capture some of his 2016 racist magic, but he is also leading with his chin. Painting Trump as weak is important but all of us could do a better job of framing Biden as strong
Pundits often confuse competence and strength. It's possible for Trump to be incompetent and seem strong to voters. As Bill Clinton once said "When people are insecure, they'd rather have somebody who is strong and wrong than someone who's weak and right."messagebox.substack.com/p/how-to-beat-…
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