Trump relies on campaign nostalgia -- and Hillary bashing -- to launch 2020 bid | Analysis by stcollinson
Swimming in nostalgia, Trump played all the old hits. He bashed Hillary Clinton, jabbed the"fake news," invoked fear over immigrants and marveled at the glory over his shock election win. He partied like it was 2016.Holding forth from the pounding heart of a rapturous crowd, the President spelled out a defiant, demagogic, fact-blurring record of promises kept that could win him reelection.
Analysis: If economy holds, Trump wins 2020 in a landslide 04:24 But the President leavened the bile with a more conventional approach, seeking to draw in wavering mainstream Republicans and independents left uncomfortable by his populist, nationalist creed. He built an argument rooted in prosperity and security, noting his scores of judicial appointments, two new Supreme Court justices and attempts to fight opioid addiction.
How Donald Trump is doing Joe Biden a great favor 02:15 But Trump's approach is a a huge risk.It mirrored his strategy in the 2018 midterm elections that many Republicans blame for scaring suburban women and independent voters and handing Democrats the House.
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