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He could have bragged about US economic growth before the crown pandemic, how he nominated three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, the taxes he cut, and how Democrats in the Senate are now blocking a package of $ 500 billion crown crisis.
Instead, US President Donald Trump reached out to anchors and television shows, ridiculed the top US infection control officer, Anthony Fauci, and attacked Joe Biden and his son Hunter. , ravaged by scandals.
Now, Republican senators fear that the president’s lack of focus could cost them dearly in the fight for political survival, according to Politico.
– No discipline
Trump’s communication in the crucial election campaign is described as “undisciplined” by Republican Senator John Cornyn, a Trump ally of Texas.
– There is simply no discipline. The president has great accomplishments that he can point to in the election campaign, but we don’t hear much about them. And I think it is a mistake, he tells Politico.
Other Republican senators fear the party itself will be harmed, because Trump’s message is too narrow to appeal to independent voters.
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– When you try to win the votes of independent voters, you have to talk about issues that are important to them. That’s what our members are trying to do, and hopefully it’s something the president can do as well, says Senator John Thune of South Dakota.
And on Friday night, Trump may have the best opportunity to do just that. So the stage is set for the latest debate between Trump and challenger Joe Biden.
Expert: That’s why he attacks
But American expert Hilmar Mjelde, a researcher at the Norce Research Center, is unsure whether Trump is capable of changing the way he communicates.
– Because Trump will never be anyone other than who he is, and he won’t pretend either. The presidency, in all its greatness, offers daily opportunities to put the ship on the right keel, but Trump has openly said that being presidential is boring, Mjelde tells Dagbladet.
But while the form of communication may not change, Trump can adapt to other messages.
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– Trump’s positions are transactional and situational. Fits on the go. Now he suspects that people are tired of coronary restrictions, so he attacks them and the head of infection control, Fauci, instead of talking about his results, Mjelde says.
The investigator fully agrees with Republican senators that Trump is undisciplined.
– He is the most undisciplined president and presidential candidate of modern times, perhaps of all time. So his administration has also been extraordinarily chaotic, more chaotic than Bill Clinton’s first year, and that says something, says Mjelde.
– Strength and weakness
And the American expert believes that we will see the version of Trump that we have become used to in the future and tonight in the debate on Friday.
– Trump only has one way of being. It is your greatest strength and your greatest weakness as a candidate. It could possibly be a little less aggressive. I see Karl Rove (former George W. Bush adviser, journal.anm.) And Newt Gingrich (former top Republican) asking him to do so. It’s not impossible for Trump to follow that advice, says Mjelde.
Because it was on the advice of, among others, Gingrich and his former adviser Kellyanne Conway that Trump managed to formulate a more disciplined message in the 2016 election campaign, says Mjelde.
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But it didn’t last long.
– In 2016, he managed the last few weeks, to a certain extent. Not this year. I wonder if sometimes he just looks for a way out and is somehow ready to go. Although he has a good chance of being re-elected, says the American expert.
So how do you formulate a message with broader appeal?
– If he managed to talk about something other than himself, maybe. On the other hand, presidential elections are determined both by structural factors such as the economy, the pandemic, and the attrition of the government. That is why we will not give too much weight to the electoral campaign, says Mjelde.
Tar grip
The Friday night debate will take place in Nashville and will be the second, and last, debate between Trump and Biden.
The first debate was of the most chaotic type, and was characterized as a “democratic catastrophe” by the rhetoric professor Kjell Terje Ringdal.
It was characterized by stabbings, repeated interruptions, and direct insults. Therefore, the leaders from the night until Friday’s debate have taken action and will turn off one candidate’s microphone while the other speaks.
Dagbladet is present in Nashville and is following the debate minute by minute tonight. You can also watch the actual Dagbladet debate from 04:00 Norwegian time until Friday.
Dagbladet also airs a special broadcast on the debate early Friday morning.
