Trump is still Trump.
Whether he’s holding his political rallies in Wilkes-Barre or Ohio or delivering his incendiary tweets in the morning, he has no intention of changing his crazy and wild behavior.
He has done a lot of good in Washington, but if he wants to stay there, he should be careful.
The numbers speak against him.
Previously, in 2016, the Democrats fielded a deplorable candidate – Hillary Clinton – whom many Democrats also disliked and therefore did not vote for.
Now Democrats have someone even bigger to collectively hate: Donald Trump.
He has already given them plenty of reasons to put on their “Trump impeachment hats” and go out and vote Democrat in the November congressional elections.
But last week, the president made things even more hard for himself by foolishly making several million up-to-date enemies in the sports world by personally attacking LeBron James.
In response to the NBA star’s negative comments in a CNN interview with professional Trump hater Don Lemon, the president tweeted:
“LeBron James just got interviewed by the dumbest man on TV, Don Lemon. He made LeBron look smart, which is not easy. I like Mike!”
Although the president sided with Michael Jordan fans in the great debate over who is the greatest NBA player of all time, “Mike” sided with LeBron James, who accused the president of using sports and athletes to divide the country.
Jordan responded through a spokeswoman: “I support LeBron James. He does an amazing job in his community.”
While Lemon’s interview featured a standard CNN anti-Trump message, it focused on James’ foundation’s $2 million contribution to helping at-risk public school children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
The top Twitter user could be pleased with himself for having managed to score some political dunks for the millionth time and incite the anti-Trump media.
But if he wants to maintain a Republican majority in Congress this fall or seek a second term, he will have to change and learn from it.
We know he gets beaten unfairly by the liberal media and the Democrats every day, all day long. But so did Ronald Reagan. My father would defend himself on issues or make jokes, but he never attacked anyone personally.
President Trump should not have remained mute about the insults directed at Lemon and LeBron, but he needs to learn how to utilize the blind hatred of his enemies to his advantage.
He should have tweeted something like, “I’m sorry LeBron doesn’t agree with me personally and doesn’t appreciate the historically low unemployment rates and middle class tax cuts my policies have created. But I like what he did for those 3rd and 4th graders in Akron. Our top athletes can do so much good for their communities and I hope others follow LeBron’s generous example.”
It wouldn’t be too Trumpian. It wouldn’t fit in a tweet. And it wouldn’t embarrass the liberal media for three days.
However, Lemon and LeBron’s economical shots would immediately backfire on them and the rest of the liberal media, and it would allow the president to score a few political three-pointers.
At some point, President Trump has to rise above this personal nonsense.
His family already knows how to do that. First Lady Melania Trump publicly endorsed James’ job in Akron through a spokesperson. First daughter Ivanka has backed the press against her father, saying she doesn’t consider journalists “the enemy of the people.”
With one wise tweet, the president could turn the tables on Lemon and LeBron.
The liberal media would never credit him for taking the high road, but that’s okay. It’s time for the man who is president of us all to start acting like one.
It would be for his own political good. But more importantly, it would be for the good of the country.
