Sushi-Shutdown-Emergency-Bully-Pulpit-Bob Davis Podcast 794
These days we content creators have to post advisories and disclaimers. This podcast is not a list of reasons to ‘build the wall’. It does not include 5 reasons to impeach Trump. Learn more in Sushi-Shutdown-Emergency-Bully-Pulpit-Bob Davis Podcast 794.
Trump Blew It In 2018
It Is Trump’s Fault
Raise The Stakes To Win
Therefore it is most noteworthy that the president opened the new year by raising the stakes. First a government shut down. Then threats to declare an national emergency.
What’s the issue?
A campaign promise by Donald Trump to solve what he has described as a crisis on the border.
Consequently, the solution he hit upon? ‘Build A Wall‘.
First of all. the president failed to get a republican congress to fund a wall. Now he has redoubled his efforts to get a democrat house to fund the wall, which they say they won’t. Enter the shut down. Enter the specter of a ‘National Emergency‘.
Outrage Controversy and Emotional Outpouring
If outrage and controversy over the shut down wasn’t enough, Trump is raising the stakes with threats to declare a national emergency. Under an emergency the military can build what is now described as a steel barrier by the president. Or at least he thinks so. Is he right? Find out in Sushi-Shutdown-Emergency-Bully-Pulpit-Bob Davis Podcast 794.
The Sushi Shutdown
After a late evening sushi happy hour, I came to my studio to tell the truth about this whole episode. It’s not about the shut down or even a national emergency. Trump is doing what Roy Cohn taught him to do many years ago. Make threats. Throw tantrums. Demand. Raise the stakes until the other guy gives you what he wants. Above all force the opposition to talk about what you want to talk about. Control the media battle space. Use the ‘bully pulpit‘.
Throwing Blood In The Water To Shore Up The Base
In conclusion, Trump does this again and again. And everyone takes the bait, hook line and sinker.
Every time.
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Sushi-Shutdown-Emergency-Bully-Pulpit-Bob Davis Podcast 794
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