Monday, January 27, 2020

Good luck with that

During the heart of the Senate impeachment trial this week, the White House will host a slew of activities including the presidential signing of USMCA, a major trade deal with Mexico and Canada; a visit from top Israeli leaders; the unveiling of the long-awaited Middle East peace plan; and a campaign rally in New Jersey. That’s just the schedule Monday through Wednesday.

The tactic is seen by aides as one of the most effective tools to make Trump look presidential and busy with governing, while Democrats, they hope, look obsessed with the intricacies of impeachment.

  Politico
I'm guessing that's what the aides are saying to the press, but amongst themselves they're acknowledging His Lardship will not be able to focus on the distractions they're trying to provide him. At each point in these events where he's before cameras or microphones, he's going to whine about the impeachment.
One senior administration official said it shows the president has not been driven into a “bunker” and consumed by the minute-by-minute updates from the Senate floor — even if it’s clear from Twitter that he’s following along with the trial developments.
It's clear he's consumed.
The counter-programming “elevates him above the partisan sniping going on on the Senate side and reminds people of the economic accomplishments and the global scale of his accomplishments like the trade deal or advancing Middle East peace,” said Jason Miller, a former senior communications adviser to the 2016 Trump campaign.

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[R]ecently, Trump held a White House ceremony in the East Room of the White House to highlight his and the Senate’s record of filling judicial nominations with over a hundred conservative judges installed on federal district courts, circuit courts and the Supreme Court.
Interestingly enough, the polls continue to show that his accomplishments aren't producing improved ratings or more public support. In fact, it's slipping. Even Fox News polls are showing that people aren't happy and they want witnesses at the impeachment trial.

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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