This post is problematic for a number of reasons.
A thread…🧵
1. For those attempting to make sense of Trump’s victory and the rise of the far-right across Europe - look no further than the PMs statement below.
Whether you like it or not, the far-right has a set of common narratives. We can probably all recite them…
Remember. Loyalty is one way for Trump. He’s likely using Gaetz & RFK jr. as sacrificial lambs to test Senate GOP. Testing the electric fence a la Jurassic Park. He’ll pivot and cut Gaetz and RFK loose but only after he’s learned how far he can bend Senate’s will.
6/ We don't listen enough; we tell people what's good for them.
And when progressives like Bernie aggressively go after the elites that hold people down, they are shunned as dangerous populists. Why? Maybe because true economic populism is bad for our high-income base. 😬
@DawnButlerBrent This is why we need to retire ‘fixing the foundations’ and ‘black hole’. Focus relentlessly on the future and what is being built. And talk about it in simple terms.
@ShippersUnbound@RoryStewartUK I don’t think I said she was a great candidate (nor did Rory). Just the platform doesn’t need to be junked completely. Dems ran on the same platform down ballot, flipped house seats and kept senate seats.
@keiranpedley You could see it in his eyes yesterday, Given he’s not going to be accepted into the media ecosystem, going back to politics makes sense. He also has the grievance narrative set up.
@JoshKraushaar The campaign is almost entirely online now, yet they focus on bombarding the electorate with weird text messages and counting how many doors they knock. I’m not a professional campaigner, but this feels obvious.