Trump's Debate Strategy- One Question He Must Ask
The American people are smarter than the Democrats think, and if Trump can ask one simple question he will win the debate.
It's almost debate time. After trying for weeks to change the rules and wriggle out of the debate, Kamala has finally agreed to appear next to Trump with microphones muted. Kamala's strategy will be simple—get Trump off-topic. Suppose she can get Trump to focus on his foibles with the 2020 election, January 6th, or Republican lawmakers who aren't all in on him. In that case, Kamala can come away with a victory in this debate. Of course, no matter what happens, the media will declare Kamala the winner, but the American people are smarter than that. The problem for Kamala and the Democrats is that they don't think the American people are smart enough to see them for who they are—and it's up to Trump to expose them in tomorrow's debate.
While the media coverage surrounding Kamala has been sycophantic, the truth has occasionally slipped out enough for everyone to know some significant issues with her candidacy. The most obvious problem, and the center point for Trump's attacks, will be the number of positions she has flip-flopped on. The Democrats would like everyone to forget that Kamala ran for President in 2020 and took the most radical positions in the party—decriminalizing illegal border crossings, abolishing private health insurance, and banning fracking. As a Senator, Kamala was a co-sponsor of a bill prohibiting gas-powered vehicle production by 2040. She also co-sponsored the Green New Deal as a Senator in 2019. She now disagrees with all these positions, just four years after the last election. She also now apparently doesn't hate Trump's border wall, which she once called a "medieval vanity project."
Pointing out these flip-flops from Harris won't be enough for Trump. Instead, he needs to drill her with questions about why she flipped. Harris was asked once in her interview with Dana Bash about why she changed her opinion on fracking. Harris gave a pretty acceptable answer—that she learned that her energy goals could be met without banning fracking. She likely will have a similar answer for all of her newfound positions. So, asking why won't be enough for Trump. But last week, Harris and her team revealed what Trump needs to do to expose her for what she is—the most inauthentic candidate to ever be this close to the most powerful office in the world.
Last week, Axios reported that the Harris team sent a lengthy email to media companies stating that she does not support an electric vehicle mandate, which, as mentioned before, she previously co-sponsored a bill that essentially was an electric vehicle mandate. As a Presidential candidate in 2019, she stated an even more radical position, saying she would want the mandate completed by 2035. When Axios' Alex Thompson pressed on the issue, her team didn't respond for a few days. Finally, in response to whether Harris would sign an electric vehicle mandate if passed, her team replied, "No comment."
There it is—the best strategy for Trump. Get Kamala to claim she changed her position, but then make her say whether she would veto her old positions if Congress passed them. Judging from her team's response to Axios, she isn't ready to fully commit to her new positions. That will make clear what many already know—Kamala is saying whatever she thinks will get her elected. She wants power, and she will lie to get there.
Furthermore, suppose she does commit to vetoing new positions on stage. In that case, it will make her less popular among her radical party base, some of whom have already dubbed her "Killer Kamala" because she won't come out in full support of Hamas. By asking her to commit to vetoing her old positions, Trump will put her in a position where she either has to offend her radical party base or the independents that will decide this election. My money is on her panicking on stage. Either she will not answer the questions, exposing her as a liar, or she will appease her party base, alienating most of the country with her answer.
Exposing Kamala as a liar about her new positions will also expose the Democratic party. The party elites chose Kamala to replace Biden despite her being the most unpopular vice president in history. Why would the party choose the most unpopular vice president to replace the most unpopular candidate they ever elected? Because for the Democrats it's not about the candidate's espoused policy proposals—it's about moving their bus forward.
The way this election played out, having to replace Biden with Kamala, was the dream scenario for the Democrat elites. They were able to get a candidate who has a history of doing whatever is necessary to gain power and who was once rated as the most liberal Senator in Congress. They were willing to bet that she would say whatever is needed—including lie about her policies—to get elected this time. The Democrats aren't looking for someone coherent, or even honest, on policy; they are looking for someone to be a Trojan horse for their increasingly radical agenda.
They hoped that Kamala, with the help of the mainstream media, could skate on through the last few months of the election without having to dig deep into her policy. She could claim to suddenly be a moderate candidate, slap on a Joker smile, and laugh her way into the Presidential office before the voters realize who she is. And, quite frankly, they may be right. That strategy looks like it might work out for them. But all it takes is one debate to open the American people's eyes to who she is. That's why Trump's job in the debate is extremely important, but it also couldn't be any clearer.
He needs a three-step plan: One, get Kamala to claim she changed her policies. Two, ask her why. Three, ask her if she would veto her old policy proposal if it were passed. Kamala isn't good at thinking on her feet, and she won't be ready for that last question. She likely would even stumble with the second question, as she hasn’t yet had to explain to an adversarial foe why she changed positions.
Because it's a debate, it may be more complex than 1, 2, 3. He may have to skip ahead to step three, but he must ask the question that her team has thus far refused to answer. While the question will be disguised as whether or not she would veto her old policies, the American people are smart enough to understand the true question being asked: Have you actually changed, or are you lying?
And we all know the answer to that.