The Trump way often works

[longknife]

And the Left is still flummoxed by it. I smile every time he shows up on TV/

It drives the media, Democrats and more than half of America mad, but President Trump's unorthodox, jam-your-opponent style can be effective.

What he's done: He erased NAFTA, as a word, and replaced the trade pact with a different name (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA) and better terms for America. Sure, he infuriated Canada and Justin Trudeau, but he delivered the goods. (And helped some farm-state candidates just before midterms.)

• His tax cut, jammed through last year, continues to juice a red hot economy that has consumers confident, stocks soaring, joblessness sinking.
  
  
• His wild, improvisational press conferences and rallies still grab massive audiences — and drive the media conversation.
  
  
• And his no retreat, no surrender approach has helped Brett Kavanaugh survive brutal hearings, and put the conservative judge on the cusp of a lifetime Supreme Court seat.
  

The White House says it's as simple as Trump sticking to, and delivering, what he promised — defying low expectations amid chaos and distractions.

A veteran Democratic presidential adviser said that the Trump formula is taking a clear position and driving toward it — making sure everyone knows where he stands, and only focusing on one or two policy goals at a time.

• The adviser pointed to the cap on deductibility of state and local taxes — included in Trump's tax-reform plan — as an enviable achievement.
  
  
• "Presidents going back to Ronald Reagan have tried to do this," the Democrat said. "He had the determination and skill to get it done. Clinton didn't. Obama didn't."
  

After his surprise NAFTA win, Trump was sunny at the White House yesterday, and preened at a rally in Tennessee last night about his dominance in news coverage:

• "You know what it’s called? Earned media," he said. "And I earned it."
  

With midterms 35 days away, there’s some evidence that Trump's recent campaign to make this election about his favorite topic — him — plus the court fight has Rs more energized than at any point this year.

• Polling has swung sharply against Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), with analysts pointing to Kavanaugh's popularity in the state as a factor.
  
  
• Trump's message and travel have greatly strengthened Republican Senate challengers in Missouri, Montana and West Virginia.
  

From Axios

 

[Claudette]

They all forget he's not a politician and never will be. He does what he thinks is right and correct and doesn't give shit one if others like it or not.

He's a business man, thank God. And not a mealy mouthed politician. Thank God.

 

[deanrd]

I’m watching these people talk about when Trump used to own an USFL team. They said he would sit there doing work during every national anthem. Hilarious!

They said he hired Doug Flutie for millions of dollars and then wrote a letter which they showed on TV begging other team owners to help him pay Flutie’s salary. Because he said it was good for the league. Then they talked about Trump being the biggest con man of all time. Nobody gave them a dime.

More hilarious the team that he bought was on the market for 8 million and he paid 10 million for it because someone told him there was a bidding war.