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Trump 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of Attorney General Bill Barr\u2019s letter summarizing his \u201cconclusions\u201d about the Mueller Report has unleashed President Donald Trump.  There has been the obvious political strategy:  proclaim victory and decimate the opposition before the actual Mueller Report hits the scene.  But there is much more going on here than just the political maneuvering expected of anyone in the President\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what seems like a politically suicidal move, the Trump Administration has ordered the Justice Department to take a legal position that if successful, would completely wipe out the Affordable Care Act.  While Trump enthusiasts would say \u201cpromises made, promises kept;\u201d it\u2019s difficult to see the electoral upside to the end of pre-existing conditions coverage, coverage expansion, wellness care, and twenty-six year old staying on parents\u2019 insurance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Trump has said, over and over, that it will be replaced with a \u201cbetter\u201d plan, but there is no such plan in sight, and little consensus among Republicans on what that kind of plan might look like.   The calculation by someone on the Trump political team has determined that literally \u201cnothing\u201d will contrast well against the 2020 Democratic candidates plans to expand government involvement in health care: the reality of a loss of health care by up to forty million people might have a different effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President has once again doubled-down on the border (by now, it must be something more like quadrupled down, or \u201coctupled\u201d down.)  He again threatened Mexico with closing the entire border unless they control the northward flow of migrants, and he now has added the threat of cutting aid to the Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador; the origin of most of the migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reverses what most has seen as the single effective long-term strategy for dealing with the migrant issue, improving conditions in the Northern Triangle.  The Departments of Homeland Security and State were unaware of the pending announcement, scrambling to adapt to the new plans.  And while the $500 million in aid must be tempting, it is unlikely that it could be diverted to the President\u2019s proud project at the border, the Wall (Washington Post<\/a>.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have also declared the need to deport  \u201cunaccompanied minors,\u201d those who have crossed the border without parents (NBC<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is clear that Trump 2020 has made the decision that \u201cthe Wall\u201d is their winning strategy; and that \u201cpromise kept\u201d must be defended at all costs, even if it hasn\u2019t really happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Education Department, led by their insipid Secretary, Betsy DeVos, has become the striking point for reducing the reach of the Federal government.  While the proposed cut of federal funding for Special Olympic was dramatically reversed by the President; it was only the tip of the iceberg for Education Department cuts of programs.  Millions of dollars have been reduced, but even more have been transferred from existing programs to Ms. DeVos\u2019s pet projects in charter and independent schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 Trump will point to this as a signature move to get \u201cthe government\u201d out of education, and give \u201cchoice in education\u201d to \u201cthe people;\u201d a rallying point for the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And behind the scenes, the Administration has continued its assault on protections for American wildlife and lands.  The Interior Department lifted endangered species protection on the greater sage grouse, with the net effect of opening nine million acres of US controlled land for mining and oil exploration.  Not only does this pay off the President\u2019s friends in those industries:  it feeds into his narrative that there is no need to explore alternative energy sources (Washington Post<\/a>.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the current swirl over the Mueller Report fills the air, the Trump campaign for 2020 is laying the groundwork for the election.  They are intent on reenacting the campaign of 2016, added to \u201c#MAGA\u201d the Vice President\u2019s mantra of \u201cpromises made, promises kept.\u201d  It is a strategy that will do little to expand the President\u2019s electoral base, but it is one that will energize the support he does have.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second part of that plan must then be for the Democrats to in some way self-destruct, in order to recreate the electoral math of 2016.  Democrats \u2013 the choice is yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump 2020 The release of Attorney General Bill Barr\u2019s letter summarizing his \u201cconclusions\u201d about the Mueller Report has unleashed President Donald Trump.  There has been the obvious political strategy:  proclaim victory and decimate the opposition before the actual Mueller Report hits the scene.  But there is much more going on here than just the political maneuvering expected of … Continue reading “Trump 2020”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump 2020 : Our America - 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