Can Trump stay focused on the economy?
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is highly skilled at marketing and branding, but his freewheeling style doesn’t always lend itself well to message discipline.
That is going to pose a challenge ahead of the midterm elections as Trump tries to bolster public perceptions of the economy and reassure voters he and congressional Republicans are doing everything they can to improve it.
On Friday, the headlines were instead dominated by a since-removed video Trump posted depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as monkeys. The White House initially defended the posting, but then conceded it was a staffer’s error and took it down.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) promptly blasted the video as “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” raising questions about what ranked second. Scott is the only black Republican senator and chairman of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, tasked with defending the party’s upper chamber majority this year.
After the post was removed, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) mocked Trump for not writing his own social media posts, alluding to the autopen controversies under former President Joe Biden. Newsom is a likely candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
On Thursday, Trump gave a long speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. It was at times funny and irreverent. It likely played well with most of the audience in the room. It also seemed barely tailored to an audience of religious conservatives and rehearsed a set of long-standing Trump grievances, complete with calling Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) a “moron.” The Trump-friendly social conservative Eric Metaxas wrote, and then deleted, a post incredulously asking if anyone had advised Trump that this was the National Prayer Breakfast and offering to help.
“Having been there advising and hearing others advise, I can tell you that yes, his team advises,” former senior legal adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign and outspoken Christian conservative Jenna Ellis wrote on X. “He does not listen.”
But Trump does speak, including about the issues of inflation and affordability that will dominate the midterm elections. Trump delivered a prime-time speech about the economy from the White House before Christmas in what was billed as a pivot toward an economic campaign. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other officials embarked on an affordability tour.
It isn’t breaking through. The two episodes mentioned earlier illustrate why. Trump’s speeches are all over the place …
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is highly skilled at marketing and branding, but his freewheeling style doesn’t always lend itself well to message discipline.
That is going to pose a challenge ahead of the midterm elections as Trump tries to bolster public perceptions of the economy and reassure voters he and congressional Republicans are doing everything they can to improve it.
On Friday, the headlines were instead dominated by a since-removed video Trump posted depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as monkeys. The White House initially defended the posting, but then conceded it was a staffer’s error and took it down.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) promptly blasted the video as “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” raising questions about what ranked second. Scott is the only black Republican senator and chairman of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, tasked with defending the party’s upper chamber majority this year.
After the post was removed, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) mocked Trump for not writing his own social media posts, alluding to the autopen controversies under former President Joe Biden. Newsom is a likely candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
On Thursday, Trump gave a long speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. It was at times funny and irreverent. It likely played well with most of the audience in the room. It also seemed barely tailored to an audience of religious conservatives and rehearsed a set of long-standing Trump grievances, complete with calling Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) a “moron.” The Trump-friendly social conservative Eric Metaxas wrote, and then deleted, a post incredulously asking if anyone had advised Trump that this was the National Prayer Breakfast and offering to help.
“Having been there advising and hearing others advise, I can tell you that yes, his team advises,” former senior legal adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign and outspoken Christian conservative Jenna Ellis wrote on X. “He does not listen.”
But Trump does speak, including about the issues of inflation and affordability that will dominate the midterm elections. Trump delivered a prime-time speech about the economy from the White House before Christmas in what was billed as a pivot toward an economic campaign. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other officials embarked on an affordability tour.
It isn’t breaking through. The two episodes mentioned earlier illustrate why. Trump’s speeches are all over the place …
Can Trump stay focused on the economy?
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is highly skilled at marketing and branding, but his freewheeling style doesn’t always lend itself well to message discipline.
That is going to pose a challenge ahead of the midterm elections as Trump tries to bolster public perceptions of the economy and reassure voters he and congressional Republicans are doing everything they can to improve it.
On Friday, the headlines were instead dominated by a since-removed video Trump posted depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as monkeys. The White House initially defended the posting, but then conceded it was a staffer’s error and took it down.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) promptly blasted the video as “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” raising questions about what ranked second. Scott is the only black Republican senator and chairman of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, tasked with defending the party’s upper chamber majority this year.
After the post was removed, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) mocked Trump for not writing his own social media posts, alluding to the autopen controversies under former President Joe Biden. Newsom is a likely candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.
On Thursday, Trump gave a long speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. It was at times funny and irreverent. It likely played well with most of the audience in the room. It also seemed barely tailored to an audience of religious conservatives and rehearsed a set of long-standing Trump grievances, complete with calling Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) a “moron.” The Trump-friendly social conservative Eric Metaxas wrote, and then deleted, a post incredulously asking if anyone had advised Trump that this was the National Prayer Breakfast and offering to help.
“Having been there advising and hearing others advise, I can tell you that yes, his team advises,” former senior legal adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign and outspoken Christian conservative Jenna Ellis wrote on X. “He does not listen.”
But Trump does speak, including about the issues of inflation and affordability that will dominate the midterm elections. Trump delivered a prime-time speech about the economy from the White House before Christmas in what was billed as a pivot toward an economic campaign. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other officials embarked on an affordability tour.
It isn’t breaking through. The two episodes mentioned earlier illustrate why. Trump’s speeches are all over the place …
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