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Trump’s Top 5 Lost Opportunities for an Election Win
Donald Trump’s loss in the November 2020 General Election is astounding when you consider all the opportunities he squandered for an easy victory. He didn’t have to win over the entire nation or 5 million voters, he only had to convince a few thousand in critical states to cast their ballot for him.
These were softballs lobbed at him where he didn’t swing and miss — he didn’t even step up to the plate. Had his campaign capitalized on any one of these opportunities, he would have sailed to an easy win.
#1. Canceling daily Coronavirus news briefings.
This has to be the worst decision made by Trump’s re-election team.
On April 27, the White House stopped the daily news briefings on COVID-19.
Every news outlet carried these scheduled appearances where the White House controlled the narrative. His team could have paraded Trump in front of voters and presented him in a more positive light, undoing much of the damage from his hate rallies. If you got it wrong on one day, you simply recover the next. It would be a priceless opportunity for real-time feedback of which messaging was working.
A few tweaks such as getting rid of the ridiculous orange tan, ill-fitting suits, and swaying like a toddler would…
