The last week of a campaign there are certain things one does. You try to pull undecided voters to your side, rally your supporters and present a final argument for your ideas.
Or you could threaten to have one of the top surrogates of your opponent shot and promise to put a famous, sad ,wackadoo in charge of the nation's health care. It's all good.
Trump's entire political career has been built on beening ,well, let's say unorthodox. The idea that a mouthy guy with a pile of money knows more about policy than say a woman who has spent forty years thinking deeply about public policy.
It worked once in 2016, when against the backdrop of the Iraq war and the popping of the housing bubble the orange Thanos drew an insight straight, with help of the abominable electoral college.
Can it work twice? Maybe, the myth that a successful businessman or military leader with no political experience can step out of the mists and rally the nation to some great undefined glory is one that gets stronger every time it is disproved.
America is nation quite uncomfortable with the idea of learning for the past.
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