Trump is at a low point in his presidency and re-election campaign.
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President Trump's top political advisers, in a private meeting last week, said their boss needs to add more hopeful, optimistic and unifying messages to balance his harsh law-and-order rhetoric.
Why it matters: They're deeply concerned about "brutal" internal polling for the president in the aftermath of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd's killing.
Behind the scenes: During a meeting of top political advisers at campaign headquarters on Thursday afternoon, the president's 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, raised a question that many close to the campaign have been asking themselves recently: "What's our message?"
Trump will have to walk a tightrope here, trying to convince the electorate that he possesses empathy, without angering his base, which appears to believe that empathy is for commie fags and not authoritarian strongmen.
It's tough to imagine he has the capacity to turn on a dime like this, but we'll find out -- if the polls motivate him enough.
To be fair, what is there that Trump could POSSIBLY say or do at this point that would mollify the 50% of Americans who are just against him, for whatever reason?
There is nothing he could do or say that would calm the waters. So, why bother trying?
I've actually said this for years. There is a certain segment of people who you're just not going to reach anyway, so why bother? Why waste your time?
Joe Biden could be caught on video raping a woman and a sizeable number of people would still scream "Trump is a sexist" and vote for Biden.
You could spend the next 6 months point by point proving that Democrat policies have decimated black America and in the end Biden would still 85-105% of the black vote
If anything, I appreciate that Trump doesn't try to pander to these groups. I would have been disgusted had he shown up at the Rose Garden wearing a Kunte Kinte scarf and talking in a southern drawl as he pulled hot sauce out of his pocket to prove he's cool with blacks.....