{"id":528013,"date":"2022-12-16T05:01:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trumps-early-2024-kickoff-is-proving-a-ginormous-goof\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T05:01:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:01:34","slug":"trumps-early-2024-kickoff-is-proving-a-ginormous-goof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-early-2024-kickoff-is-proving-a-ginormous-goof\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump&#8217;s early 2024 kickoff is proving a ginormous goof"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e96dc505c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e96dc505c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trumps-early-2024-kickoff-is-proving-a-ginormous-goof\/#%E2%80%9CTrumps_early_2024_kickoff_is_proving_a_ginormous_goof%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Trump&#8217;s early 2024 kickoff is proving a ginormous goof&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTrumps_early_2024_kickoff_is_proving_a_ginormous_goof%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Trump&#8217;s early 2024 kickoff is proving a ginormous goof&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Rich Lowry\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So far, Donald Trump is having the worst campaign launch since Beto O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n<p>Like almost everything else he\u2019s done lately, his early announcement of his next presidential campaign has proved a flagrant political misjudgment.<\/p>\n<p>A move that was supposed to demonstrate his strength is showing his weakness; a move that was meant to keep other candidates out of the race is an invitation to other candidates to get in; a move that was supposed to serve notice of his continued dominance of the party is pointing toward its potential end.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been eclipsed as an Internet troll by Elon Musk, and as a vote-getter by Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s managed to get the worst of both worlds \u2014 he\u2019s been largely invisible at the same time that he\u2019s been involved in several damaging controversies.<\/p>\n<p>His midterms got even worse, with the final thudding defeat of one of his prized political projects, Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff.<\/p>\n<p>And Trump\u2019s entry hasn\u2019t boosted his poll numbers, or even stabilized them. He\u2019s continuing to slide versus DeSantis, with a couple of new polls showing him trailing the Florida governor in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In short, it\u2019s hard to imagine how Trump could have had a worse month-long run. Ordinarily one might say, as a way of exaggerating to emphasize the point, that it only could have been worse if he had had dinner with a Nazi \u2014 but, of course, he did that too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/trump-campaign-kick-off-goof-0004.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Goodyear, Arizona, on Oct. 28, 2020. \" class=\"wp-image-25031898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/trump-campaign-kick-off-goof-0004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/trump-campaign-kick-off-goof-0004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/trump-campaign-kick-off-goof-0004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trump\u2019s 2024 bid hasn\u2019t helped his poll numbers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s still early, and premature to count Trump out. Elected Republicans remain scared of him and we still can\u2019t know if the only potential candidate to show strength against him, DeSantis, will run, or how he\u2019d perform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Trump is going to win the nomination, though, it will involve recovering from his disastrous announcement and aftermath.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He clearly believed that the act of announcing in and of itself would be sufficient to cement his status as top dog. That was wrong, and it meant he never thought through the rather crucial question, \u201cSo you\u2019re a candidate \u2014 now what are you going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been no <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> blitz. There\u2019s been no tour of the country. There\u2019s been no rollout of policy or any unifying <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>If it\u2019s too early to make too much of the polls, Trump is still in a uniquely vulnerable place. It\u2019s one thing to be trailing if you are a new figure on the national stage who still has room to grow; it\u2019s another if you have universal name ID and everyone already has an extremely well-formed view of you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be hard for Trump to find a second act, when his act hasn\u2019t changed since 2015. Besides, even if he purports to have turned a new leaf, who at this point is going to believe him?<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t have easy levers to use to change the narrative. It\u2019s not as though he can have a good legislative session next year like the governors who are thinking of running, or use his executive powers to pick useful fights.<\/p>\n<p>There probably aren\u2019t even exciting new events he can hold to grab the attention of voters or the media. His signature, of course, are his rallies. They were fresh and new in 2015 and 2016, and quite powerful throughout his presidency and immediately afterward. Now, they are as old and familiar as a Rolling Stones concert.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s been most damaging to Trump is that association with him in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> and \u201cStop the Steal\u201d in particular proved politically toxic in the midterms. Other Republicans can avoid that foolishness in the future. But obviously Trump can\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These things would have been true even if he hadn\u2019t announced already, but if he hadn\u2019t gotten in, people would have wondered if he\u2019d instantly look stronger once he was actually in the race. Now, he\u2019s answered that question for his adversaries decidedly in the negative.<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: @RichLowry<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Like almost everything else he\u2019s done lately, his early announcement of his next presidential campaign has proved a flagrant political misjudgment. 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