As he enters the final month of the campaign, Trump has unveiled three new cannons to add to his artillery: Elon Musk, Robert Kennedy, and Melania Trump.
Each has his or her own field of fire and all are well stocked with ammo that Trump can use to devastating effect.
Musk’s cannon are aimed at the free speech issue, a focus forced on both him and Trump by government censorship directed against them.
Musk, whose company has been banned from operating in Brazil, knows, well, the effect of government censorship, and repression.
He campaigns for Trump, volubly and insistently, raising the banner of free speech, online and in person.
In doing so, he makes a special appeal to Gen X voters who must overcome government and peer group censorship in their own lives.
It's a new front in Trump’s war on the establishment.
From the days, when the election of 2020 was effectively skewed, to the days when he was banned from Twitter, even while serving as president of the United States, Donald Trump has felt the heavy boot of censorship.
As he and Musk battle the deep state, they will make common cause for free speech.
Trump’s adversaries are used to fighting him over immigration, crime, and taxes, but free speech is a new issue, appealing to a new constituency,
Helpful as always, Hillary Clinton warns that repealing Section 230 of the Federal Communications Law would cause the government to "lose control" over social media.
Exactly.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s field of fire concerns health issues like overuse of fertilizers and pesticides, as well as the perils of genetic engineering.
These issues rightly obsess Gen Xers, and have the potential to create the equivalent of the climate change issue for the Trump-Kennedy campaign.
Particularly among young mothers, this cluster of issues lends a new dimension to the campaign against the deep state and its many manifestations.
Melania’s espousal of the "individual freedom and rights" of women to control of their own bodies, combined with her husband’s pledge to veto any abortion ban, is a third field of fire for the Trump campaign.
The ambiguity of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), repealing Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973), leaves open many possible interpretations of the new law.
Melania's affirmation of the basic right of women to sovereignty over their own bodies, gives a clear indication of Donald Trump’s personal priorities.
In every campaign, this question looms large: "What are you going to do differently in the last two weeks?"
This trio of Musk, Kennedy, and Melania provides a clear path for the end of the Trump campaign. Each brings his or her own constituency to the battle, and opens up a new front for Trump’s ubiquitous war on the deep state.
And Kamala Harris will have no answer.
Dick Morris is a former presidential adviser and political strategist. He is a regular contributor to Newsmax TV. Read Dick Morris' Reports — More Here.
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