Doomed To Fail: Top Strategist Says Trump’s Election Strategy Has ‘No Chance’

Donald Trump seems to have a new delusion. He has them daily, so that’s not unusual but this newest one is likely to kick him hard. Frankly, I don’t even understand why he’s trying this because he’s attempting the almost impossible: He wants blue states to like him. So much so that he plans to campaign in states that are known Democratic strongholds.

Does someone need to ask him “What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?”

According to Newsweek, Trump who is the current favorite in the GOP primary by a sizable margin, says he plans to campaign in New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, Minnesota, and Virginia. He said he plans to invest campaign time and resources in this effort. An effort that will likely be futile. He’s probably not stupid enough to try his luck with California. Perhaps.

At any rate, Trump was recently interviewed by that bastion of MAGA dumbf*ckery, Breitbart, where he said he understood that his “heavy play” aimed at states that haven’t voted for a Republican candidate in years may be “foolish” and that he knew he’d be better off trying to win back key states that typically vote Republican, except in 2020 when they didn’t. Instead, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and Pennsylvania all turned blue and voted for Joe Biden. However, he also noted he won’t work the blue states as hard as he does the typically red states.

But imagine turning Arizona blue. I’ve lived there and I’ve got to say that was pretty amazing on Biden’s part. I guess Trump was too Trump for these states. But he’s nothing if not resolute.

“i’m going to do rallies, i’m going to do speeches, i’m going to work them,” trump said. “that doesn’t mean i’m going to work them as hard as i work pennsylvania, where i’m doing very well.”

But Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist based in New York, already knows this is the Trump equivalent of “Bang head here.” He said it’s unlikely that Trump will be able to flip states that are solidly blue in 2024. He noted, however, that this calls attention to the potential issues Biden faces in trying to win over voters across the country.

“This is more likely a threat,” he told Newsweek. “Trump has no chance to win new york or california, for example, certainly the most democratic in the nation.”

“trump will see where biden’s weaknesses—blame for economic issues—have created sufficient resentment in normally democratic performing states. where there is anger, there will be trump.”

Trump has also said part of his “heavy move” strategy in New York may include holding a campaign rally in Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden. That could be interesting since he once referred to this iconic place as “the belly of the beast.”

Well, more power to him, I guess. I think he’s going to fall flat on his odoriferous behind but that’s me. I think it’s likely that New Yorkers have long memories and of course, Rudy Giuliani, who’s now facing financial ruin, is a constant reminder of all things Trump. Even so, the former president is optimistic.

“i believe we have a chance to win new york,” trump told Breitbart. “i believe we have a chance to win new jersey,” he said, waxing hopeful about his hardline (and racist) immigration policies.

“you have migrants living on madison avenue. you can’t get into a hospital. you can’t get into a school. you go to a public school and half the kids are sitting there and have no idea what the teacher is saying,” Trump said. “you can’t get into these schools. i think it’s really bad and i think the people in new york and new jersey […] it would have been semi-unthinkable but i think these are states that can be won.”

I say let Trump have his delusions. To think a billionaire, born to a wealthy family, would have any idea what everyday people face every day, means he’s definitely entertaining a new delusion.

Go for it, dude, go for it.