Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck
Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck

Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck

Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck
Trump’s Outreach to the Libertarians Was an Absolute Train Wreck
Epic faceplant. I have no idea who convinced Trump that this would be a good plan, but the dems need to send whoever it was a fruit basket and a box of cigars.
On paper, it is actually a really good idea.
libertarians are basically chickenshit republicans who don't want to acknowledge how they get their dream world that... is pretty damned similar to the republican dream world. The problem is that trump is just an unlikable and obnoxious piece of shit. And libertarians are incredibly fragile and need to have their ego stroked endlessly because they are "enlightened" and "above the petty two party system". And trump almost immediately started talking about how he was one of the best libertarians and blah blah blah.
Removing the trump factor, it would be like if Biden (or, honestly, even Sanders) were to go talk in front of a tankie rally. On paper, they want many of the same things and have many of the same policies. But they would be one poorly phrased message away from failing a purity test and being booed out of the venue.
Anyone who doesn't think they deserve better than a two party system is like an abnoxious teacher's pet that just kept doubling down repeatedly into adulthood. Insulting someone for saying they deserve more than that gives me major 2nd hand embarrassment. You may want to work on your insult game.
During the speech, Trump quotes an editorial by Deroy Murdock saying Trump should be nominated as the Libertarian candidate. My guess is Trump was handed a printout of the article by the staffer whose job it is to cherry pick news to make Donald feel good. He read it and he decided he needed to go to the convention, as everything he’d read said he should be their candidate. The no one among the yes men he surrounds himself with was able to talk him out of it.