Trump’s Ego Show in Dallas: The Republic National Convention Nobody Wants
Donald Trump could do a lot to stop the looming defeat in the midterm elections, but instead he is once again making his own party a victim of his vanity.
Those who still have a halfway good opinion of Donald Trump call the superfluous party convention in Dallas a risky attempt to avoid defeat in the November midterm elections. This is a flimsy excuse: The event on Wednesday and Thursday is all about satisfying Trump's need for attention. He does not care whether this helps his fellow Republicans or not.
What the conservative candidates for the U.S. Congress really want is money from Trump's bulging campaign war chest. Otherwise, the president would be better off staying out of it, because the 80-year-old's poll numbers are, to put it mildly, lousy. Apart from his loyal MAGA fans, almost all voters see a president who prefers to plunge into painful economic conflicts with his popular neighbor Canada and ramble on about his planned magnificent building projects in Washington, instead of tackling the high gas prices caused by his endless and pointless war with Iran.
Referendum and Ego Show
The fact that Trump still does whatever he wants can be explained by his own perspective on the last 10 years. He repeatedly achieved the seemingly impossible: He defied poor poll numbers, dozens of lawsuits, and several assassination attempts. Despite being written off countless times, he has achieved victories that have made him the most powerful U.S. president in decades. He simply has no reason not to trust his instincts.
With the upcoming party convention, Trump is turning the midterms into a referendum on himself. This is a mistake, because unlike two, six or 10 years earlier, it's not so much his personality at stake, but his political record, and that record is miserable. His candidates need money — instead, they are getting an ego show in Dallas. Trump isn't doing them or himself any favors. He will feel the consequences at the latest when the Democrats, with a congressional majority, make his last two years in office a living hell.
Those who still have a halfway good opinion of Donald Trump call the superfluous party convention in Dallas a risky attempt to avoid defeat in the November midterm elections. This is a flimsy excuse: The event on Wednesday and Thursday is all about satisfying Trump's need for attention. He does not care whether this helps his fellow Republicans or not.
What the conservative candidates for the U.S. Congress really want is money from Trump's bulging campaign war chest. Otherwise, the president would be better off staying out of it, because the 80-year-old's poll numbers are, to put it mildly, lousy. Apart from his loyal MAGA fans, almost all voters see a president who prefers to plunge into painful economic conflicts with his popular neighbor Canada and ramble on about his planned magnificent building projects in Washington, instead of tackling the high gas prices caused by his endless and pointless war with Iran.
Referendum and Ego Show
The fact that Trump still does whatever he wants can be explained by his own perspective on the last 10 years. He repeatedly achieved the seemingly impossible: He defied poor poll numbers, dozens of lawsuits, and several assassination attempts. Despite being written off countless times, he has achieved victories that have made him the most powerful U.S. president in decades. He simply has no reason not to trust his instincts.
With the upcoming party convention, Trump is turning the midterms into a referendum on himself. This is a mistake, because unlike two, six or 10 years earlier, it's not so much his personality at stake, but his political record, and that record is miserable. His candidates need money — instead, they are getting an ego show in Dallas. Trump isn't doing them or himself any favors. He will feel the consequences at the latest when the Democrats, with a congressional majority, make his last two years in office a living hell.
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