Some people are predicting that President Trump will be gone by 2020 and his unconventional career in politics will be over.
There are Las Vegas odds makers who will take your money that he will be gone by the end of 2018.
But I wonder if that is all fantasy if you pay close attention to certain actions of this President and learn about the word “dog whistles.”
Webster’s Dictionary defines dog whistles as “a secondary message aimed at a particular group of people.”
He may not be good at being President, but Mr. Trump is very good at messages that go to a targeted group that will support him until he leaves the White House.
There are so many secondary messages coming out of the mouth of this reality show star, but a few are worth discussing.
His most recent press conference announcing his support for a bill to cut down on legal immigration is a good example.
The bill has as much of a chance of passing as I have to be President, but it sent a not so subtle message to his anti-immigrant base who want no foreigner to enter this country.
The idea that every immigrant entering this country must speak English would have stopped my parents from fleeing Germany many years ago.
There is some type of fiction being advanced by the White House that there are millions of Americans lined up to take minimum wage jobs harvesting fruit, vegetables, grapes, cotton, washing dishes and a variety of other jobs.
That is pure fantasy.
The average American who is unemployed wants a job with health care and any other benefits that may be offered.
If we can’t get the grunt work done you can bet America will pay a high premium for this backward policy.
The President’s recent speech to police groups on Long Island was another example of messages directed at a special group of people who favor the police using brutal tactics on prisoners.
I am not in favor of giving prisoners a cushy cell and television, but appealing to people who favor a little brutality is just another back door message.
The rebuff from law enforcement groups around the country resulted in the President saying it was a “joke,” but he knew what he is saying.
There is no doubt that the public’s support for the U.S. Congress is at an all-time low.
Almost everyone thinks that their Congress member isn’t doing a very good job, but the President cleverly attacks the Congress for failing to pass a health care bill.
The failure rests more on his shoulders for his lack of ability to work with the Congress, but by attacking the group, he feeds into the message that the Congress is incompetent.
His recent speech to the Boys Scouts of America is another example of a secondary message.
He mentioned that by the time of the holiday season everyone would be saying “Merry Christmas.”
I know that friends, as well as my neighbors, and I always go out of their way to give holiday greetings to people who observe Christmas.
However, the Trump message is more about appealing to Americans who think this country should be a Christian nation, leaving out millions who observe other faiths.
If President Trump had a longer middle name it would be Donald J. “Fake News” Trump.
There is not a day that goes by without Mr. Trump and his backers screaming that every article that is critical about the President is fake news.
The use of those words is designed to convince his partisans that all news that isn’t complimentary is fake news.
The latest polls on presidential approval show that only 33 per cent approve of Mr. Trump’s performance in office.
That is a historically low number but you can bet the 33 per cent will show up at the voting place in 2020 while many of the other 67 per cent stay home.
I am sure Russia will do its thing to help this President but it is the dog whistles that could keep Trump in the White House.
