Wow, that has been a wonderful past 36 hours. Makes me want to drop my Marriott Titanium Status, sell my Audi A7 and drive a new Tesla-S (Elon, my guy...love ya) Miss Diddy to a Trump Tower for an enjoyable evening in the Trump Tower in Chicago. To quote my 21 and 23 year old girls (both of whom voted for Trump) - "not even cappin', my guy".
Trump has changed the republican party. He has changed me. Regardless of what our favorite castaway, MDFGator says, I am no sheep. The Democratic party though changed me more.
Some thoughts, some of these are repeats from a prior thread with the Captain.
1. Trump ran a (mostly) disciplined, brilliant campaign. He brought great energy and listened to his advisors (not often a strength).
2. He doubled down on his base and the "bro" vote. I thought that he could have sent off Haley to pick off more suburban women to help swing congressional districts, but that is a nit-pick. It is not what I would have suggested - but it worked.
3. The Democratic establishment kicking Trump off of Twitter was the second dumbest thing ever. It showed him what discipline looked like.
4. The Democratic establishment practicing lawfare did more to swing black and hispanic men to Trump then almost anything Trump could have done. He played it brilliantly. The dumbest thing ever.
5. JD Vance was a perfect pick. Credit Donald Trump, Jr. for that pick and the All In Podcast bros. JDV is smart and he can go on any Sunday news show and put liberal anchors in their place.
6. Vivek was a godsend. He was like JDV and could also go onto all of the shows and even places like Charlamagne the God and hold his own and distinguish himself.
7. 6 and 7 are a theme. What turned me off about Pence, Noem, Palin, was that there were only "moderate" intelligence individuals. They got worked on all of the Sunday shows. It was embarrassing. JDV and Vivek NEVER flinch; they win their shows and then produce brilliant viral themes that go on all of the social media platforms
8. Embracing the TikTok era - Trump "got out the vote" because he was relentlessly on social media and then tied into all of the new media sources like Ben S., like Megan K., like Rogan., etc. etc. No longer was this working through the legacy media hegemony of Fox, CNN, etc. DJTjr was brilliant on TikTok. Quietly got out - in droves, the bro vote without knocking on a single door. Brilliant.
Also - some of his comments became low-key bangers on TikTok when creators put sick beats to his comments. Eating the dogs, eating the cats. Dance party with Beyonce, etc. were as viral as Charlie XCX and Chappelle Roan at point.
9. He downplayed Abortion - and made it a non-issue. My two daughters were like - "yeah, we want the Government the F out of our bodies. I do not want an old white dude telling me what to do when some frat bro didn't pull out in time, condom broke, etc. That old white guy is not paying my bills, supporting my career, etc.....BUT, Abortion is already legal in Michigan. Discussion over. I am voting for Trump". Trump listened.
10. He focused relentless on our #1 issue - immigration. I was a one issue voter. And he hit it again, and again, and again, and again.
So many other thoughts, but damn it feels so good right now. I saw a video of Charlie Kirk crying and getting a hug from his wife when he got the news. Yeah, I feel you man.
Happy Thursday, my peeps.
