'I think there's no limit to what Donald Trump will do to get re-elected': Trump blurs the line between governing and campaigning
WASHINGTON — It was an Oprah-worthy moment: President Donald Trump stood before a Louisiana crowd at an official taxpayer-funded event and tossed out an enticing promise."If we win this election, which is just 16 months away, we're giving you a brand new I-10 bridge."
"I think there's no limit to what Donald Trump will do to get re-elected," said historian Douglas Brinkley."When painted into a corner in an election season," he said Trump has shown a willingness to take"extraordinary leaps to frighten people into voting for him" or make grand infrastructure promises that may never come to pass.President George W.
Then Trump mobilized the U.S. military, deploying thousands of troops to the southern border. While the White House said Trump was responding to a legitimate humanitarian and national security crisis and doing his duty to protect the nation, many saw the move as a political stunt. In the weeks ahead of the election, Trump also threatened to end the constitutional right to birthright citizenship and promised a new, 10% tax cut for the middle class that has yet to materialize six months later.
Since then, Trump has been steadily raising money and holding political rallies, along with staging official government events that often have the feel of campaign functions. "He's already put Florida pork projects into play to make sure he holds that state," said Brinkley, adding that, while all politicians make such promises,"no president will use fearmongering and hyperbole to the degree that Trump will to drive a wedge issue home."
Beyond typical promises of pork and pandering, there is also concern that Trump might be willing to cross other lines.
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