Trump is waging asymmetric warfare – and it’s working

[GURPS]

From the starting shot, President Trump was on the front foot, peppering Biden with a flurry of verbal blows: taunts, accusations, barbed criticisms for Biden, declarations of sublime political skill, triumph against longs odds, and exemplary selflessness for himself. Biden didn’t know what hit him. But he should have. And so should have his advisers and debate coaches. This is Trump’s style.

Trump is a streetfighter waging asymmetric warfare against a traditional foe who is reviewing the rules of engagement and consulting the lawyers back at headquarters before doing anything. And all the while he’s getting pummelled. Idealists will say that it wasn’t very presidential, that they didn’t dig into policy and educate the American people, where was the dignity?

Welcome to electoral politics. It’s always been thus. Founding Father John Adams delighted in calling fellow Founder Alexander Hamilton, “the bastard brat of a Scotch peddler.” Adams himself came in for similar treatment during the election of 1800 when he was called an hermaphrodite reportedly at the behest of Thomas Jefferson.

Trump is waging asymmetric warfare - and it’s working | Chris Buskirk | The Critic Magazine

“Teacher, help. The President is being mean to me.” That’s the rough translation of Joe Biden’s frequent, desperate appeals to moderator, Chris Wallace during last night’s debate with Donald Trump.

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[Grumpy]

When you break it down, I think Trump's team is missing the bus. The left doesn't consider Biden as their candidate, they are all in on Harris, knowing Biden has an expiration date. Wanna see the VP debates and what Pence can do to Harris.

 

[PsyOps]

It's always nice to have a different voice say things in a way I've struggled to say it.

Establishment politics has operated by a set of unwritten rules (or traditions) for decades. It's their comfort zone. Biden is a product of this. Not only does Trump refuse to play by these rules, it's not in his nature to. You're asking a guy to adjust to a set of norms that he was taught the opposite.

We can argue whether this is a good or bad thing. Regardless of where you come down on it, it is what it is, and your opinion isn't going to change who Trump is. He won on this tactic in '16.

 

[PsyOps]

When you break it down, I think Trump's team is missing the bus.

How so?

 

[Kyle]

When you break it down, I think Trump's team is missing the bus. The left doesn't consider Biden as their candidate, they are all in on Harris, knowing

Until Harris is in place, Bernie, She Guevara and the remainder of the Bolchevics will be running the show.

Of course, once she gains power.... their usefulness will come to an unceremoniously abrupt end.