Trump's Incendiary Common Sense

The method to Trump's apparent madness is well-explained here:

In his recent successful presidential campaign and in his first month in office, President Donald Trump has used a remarkably effective rhetorical device that may best be described as "incendiary common sense."

The clearest example from the race, and where it became most clear, was the infamous allegation Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs. There was a three-step process in play.

First, liberals went absolutely crazy, calling Trump a racist for even suggesting it could be happening. Having gone to Springfield, the truth of the claim remains inconclusive to me, but that didn’t matter, because Step 2 was actual reporting about what was precisely happening in Springfield.

Finally, Step 3 came when the American people asked themselves, "Well, why did we think dumping 20,000 Haitian migrants in a town of 50,000 was a good idea?"

Obviously, it was a horrible idea, as I learned from the residents there who never asked for it.

By the time the fires of outrage were extinguished, and the smoke cleared, Trump was sitting on the high ground of common sense. Suddenly, Democrats had to try to defend something indefensible.

The author goes on to explain how the tactic works with respect to DOGE, and with respect to the repeated references to Canada as the 51st state with Justin Trudeau as its governor.  There is obviously no way in hell that Canadians will give up their national sovereignty, and what's more, it make no bloody sense for Trump, a defender of national sovereignty in general to demand that the Canadians give up theirs. 

But it is not clear, is it? Maybe "America First!" really does mean in Trump's mind that America should dominate the rest of the world and "take it over" as he said he wants to "take over" the Gaza Strip; perhaps it is not merely a special case of "Nation First!"  One is left wondering. This sparks even more controversy and forces willy-nilly more attention on the genuine issues that Trump is concerned with.

Our boy is once again outsmarting the dumb Dems and handing them their collective ass on a platter. Or maybe he really is a dictator with all his edicts (EOs), a dictator in perpetuity who never ever will leave as Rachel Maddow and her ilk fear.  Keep 'em guessing and obsessing.

Trump is a media master who knows how to gin up frenzy among his political enemies so as to bring attention to serious matters about illegal immigration, trade imbalances, and whatnot, thereby delighting his base and forcing the leftist clowns to defend the indefensible.

Addendum (2/17)

And the swamp critters began to sweat:

Kash Patel will soon be confirmed as director of the FBI. It can’t come quickly enough. Patel’s pending confirmation may be why the searches for “witness protection,” “erase iPhone,” and “paper shredder” have skyrocketed in D.C. since Jan. 20th.

The Beltway bandits are on the run.

Comments

[Joe Odegaard]

Unless we reverse our huge national debt, all productive people will become the de facto slaves of the money classes, who will, themselves, never lift a finger. Trump and Musk are saving the working class.

[EG]

Hi Bill,

Do you think it is an evil thing to cultivate fear, especially against those who do not have the power or influence to protect themselves against it, and exploit it for political ends? Or do you think there are legitimate uses of evil to further one’s own goals? Where these unfortunates should just resign themselves to their fate, especially where someone else gets to paint their beliefs and desired ends in whatever color they like?