President Donald Trump must stay focused on the contrasts between himself and presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden and say "one thing a day," while moving on from the lower-than-expected turnout at his Tulsa rally, political consultant Karl Rove said Monday.
"These kinds of things sometimes happen," Rove, a senior adviser and deputy chief of staff during former President George W. Bush, commented on Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "What is it that Donald Trump wants to do in the next four years versus what Joe Biden wants to do and what are the weaknesses in Joe Biden's character and record that can be exploited?"
Meanwhile, Trump has a "big megaphone and he ought to use it in a disciplined focused fashion," said Rove. That means he "ought to seek to say one thing a day and not allow his tweets or other ancillary things to get in the way of that message," and he should "have a plan to use the presidency to indicate what he wants to do next."
Last week, Rove said, the president had a "great event" with the victims and families of victims of police violence, as well as meetings with police.
"He issued an executive order which had a lot of good things in it," said Rove. "He ought to build on it, for example, giving an address maybe in the East Room where he endorses Tim Scott's efforts and the efforts of Congress to get a bill passed."
Trump also should push on his "big lead" about who is better able to bring the economy back.
Rove also discussed the fallout from former national security adviser John Bolton's memoir, saying that like many, he is disappointed.
"This doesn't serve our country well to have this kind of thing happen in the middle of a president's term, and at the beginning of a consequential election," said Rove. "If he had a story to tell, the story would have been better told after this was all over, but he made the decision to do it and he'll have to live with the consequences. Nobody is going to like John Bolton after this is all over."
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