Why Trump’s Florida rally was the right move at the right timeNY Post, Feb 18, 2017, Salena Zito
In the White House, President Donald J. Trump is like a lion in the zoo, a sort of sad, caged creature.
“But if you let him out of the zoo and into his natural habitat, he feels like the guy who actually won the election and is President of the United States,” said Bruce Haynes, a communications expert and founding partner of Purple Strategies, a bipartisan political consulting firm.
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Saturday’s rally was not exactly unprecedented for a president. On Feb. 09, 2009, less than three weeks into his presidency, Barack Obama visited Elkhart, Ind., to promote his controversial stimulus plan at a rally that had all of the hallmarks of a campaign event; there was a campaign-style speech, questions from the audience, and plenty of adoration from attendees.
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both held campaign-style events in the early weeks of their presidencies, too. Now, they were not so blunt as to call the events that, but the hallmarks were all there.
In short, this is what presidents do, some more than others, to reconnect with the people who placed them in office.
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Like during his visit to Boeing in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, he should continue talking directly to the people who voted for him about what he is doing to “make America great again”: creating jobs, tightening safety, building stronger communities.
His voters are not in Washington, they’re not in New York City, and they’re not in LA. Trump gets his energy from them, and he needs to be seen out with them, talking to them, listening to them, interacting with them, and being energized by them. They are his true source of power.
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