IT’S OFFICIALLY ON: Trump vs. Biden II, Electric Boogaloo
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the upcoming political showdown between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, highlighting the strategies and challenges each campaign faces. It delves into the Biden administration's response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the deployment of the National Guard in New York City, and the shift in San Francisco's political landscape. The commentary also touches on the environmental policies of the Biden administration and the global impact of the conflict in the Middle East.
Takeaways
- 🏆 Trump and Biden are set for a rematch in the upcoming election, with both candidates having well-known political histories.
- 📜 The Biden campaign released a memo outlining their strategy against Trump, describing him as a 'wounded, dangerous, and unpopular candidate'.
- 💰 Despite the Biden campaign's emphasis on their financial resources, the amount of campaign funds is no longer a decisive factor in presidential elections.
- 📈 Trump has consistently led in the Real Clear Politics polling average since mid-2023, indicating a strong base of support.
- 🔄 The Biden campaign is relying on undecided voters to swing the election in their favor, but the script suggests this may be wishful thinking.
- 🤝 Biden's coalition is facing internal divisions, with moderates and radicals not aligning, potentially weakening his support base.
- 📊 Polls show that Trump's 2020 voters remain largely loyal to him, while Biden's voter loyalty is less strong.
- 🎤 Trump has called for a primary debate with Biden, challenging his mental acuity and ability to perform without assistance.
- 🚨 The script criticizes the Biden administration's approach to foreign policy, particularly in relation to Russia and Iran, as ineffective and demonstrating a lack of understanding of international relations.
- 🏥 The Biden administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy are highlighted as potential liabilities in the upcoming election.
Q & A
What is the significance of Nikki Haley dropping out of the race?
-Nikki Haley's withdrawal from the race finalized the presidential candidates as Trump and Biden, marking a continuation of their political rivalry.
How does the Biden campaign memo describe Trump's position entering the general election?
-The memo describes Trump as 'beleaguered and ill-equipped,' 'wounded, dangerous, and unpopular,' and running on an 'extreme agenda' that is a liability with key voting blocks.
What was Joe Biden's strategy according to the campaign memo?
-Biden's strategy was to capitalize on his 'historic and growing grassroots-powered war chest' and his strong showing in the Super Tuesday contest, positioning himself well to win in November.
How does the memo address the importance of campaign funding?
-The memo emphasizes the importance of campaign funding, suggesting that Biden's financial resources give him an advantage in the election.
What was the Biden campaign's view on undecided voters?
-The campaign believed that undecided voters, who were a significant portion of the electorate, would likely break in favor of Biden.
What was the criticism of the Biden campaign's memo?
-The criticism was that the memo was filled with 'wishful thinking' and did not accurately reflect Trump's strong polling and the challenges Biden faces in consolidating his coalition.
How does the transcript describe Joe Biden's current appeal to voters?
-The transcript suggests that Biden's appeal has diminished, with voters not being excited to vote for him but rather voting against Trump, and his age and perceived lack of energy could be a problem.
What was the reaction to Mitch McConnell's endorsement of Trump?
-The transcript implies that McConnell's endorsement is significant because it suggests that Trump will have no problem coalescing the Republican base.
What was the transcript's view on the importance of the State of the Union Address?
-The transcript views the State of the Union Address as a political spectacle and an opportunity to observe potential gaffes or missteps from President Biden.
What was the transcript's stance on the effectiveness of moral suasion in foreign policy?
-The transcript argues that moral suasion has historically been ineffective in foreign policy and that the Biden Administration's approach demonstrates a lack of understanding of how international relations work.
Outlines
🏆 Trump vs. Biden: The Rematch
The script opens with a discussion on the finalized political race between Trump and Biden, following Nikki Haley's withdrawal. It highlights Trump's unique position as the first Republican candidate nominated three times and Biden's status as the oldest president. The memo from Biden's campaign team is critiqued, which outlines their strategy against Trump, portraying him as a wounded candidate. The script counters this by pointing out Trump's lead in polls and the challenges Biden faces in maintaining a strong coalition.
💰 Biden's Strategy and Campaign Finances
The paragraph delves into the Biden campaign's memo, which claims that Trump is entering the general election with significant liabilities. It discusses the importance of campaign finances and the Democrats' historical advantage in spending. The script argues that Trump's popularity and the known quantities of both candidates make the election outcome uncertain. It also criticizes the Biden campaign's reliance on undecided voters and their portrayal of Biden's record as historically popular.
🤔 Assessing Biden's Coalition and Agenda
This section critiques the Biden campaign's claims about consolidating a coalition and building a modern campaign infrastructure. It discusses the challenges Biden faces with moderate voters and the influence of Bernie Sanders on his policies. The script also highlights Biden's personal unpopularity and the perception of him as a manipulative politician, contrasting with Trump's ability to energize his base.
📢 Media Spin and Political Reality
The paragraph addresses the media's portrayal of Biden's age and mental state, with some commentators suggesting he is in excellent shape. The script contrasts this with the reality of Biden's public gaffes and the administration's refusal to acknowledge his vulnerabilities. It also touches on the political implications of these narratives and the challenges they pose for the Democratic party.
🗣️ Trump's Challenge and Biden's Debate
This section discusses Trump's call for a primary debate with Biden, emphasizing Trump's confidence in his ability to outperform Biden in a direct comparison. The script highlights the Biden campaign's reluctance to engage in such a debate and the potential impact on public perception. It also touches on the broader implications of the debate issue for the presidential race.
🌟 The State of the Union and Political Theater
The paragraph satirizes the State of the Union address, criticizing its monarchic nature and the scripted nature of the event. The script anticipates Biden's speech, suggesting it will be filled with unrealistic promises and potentially awkward moments. It also discusses the public's anticipation for the speech and the potential for it to reveal Biden's vulnerabilities.
🚨 New York's Crime Crisis and Policy Shift
The script discusses New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to deploy the National Guard to address crime in the subway system. It contrasts this with previous progressive policies and the media's response to similar suggestions by Republicans. The paragraph also touches on the broader implications of this policy shift for the Democratic party and the response from the New York Times.
🕊️ San Francisco's Shift from Progressive to Conservative
This section highlights the shift in San Francisco's political landscape, with voters approving measures that bolster police and require drug screening for welfare recipients. The script discusses the implications of this shift for the city's progressive identity and the potential for similar changes on a national level.
🕊️ The Middle East Conflict and Ceasefire Negotiations
The paragraph discusses the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with a focus on the Biden Administration's approach to the situation. It criticizes the administration's attempts to pressure Israel into a ceasefire and the perceived disconnect from the realities on the ground. The script also touches on the broader implications of these negotiations for regional stability.
🌍 Environmental Diplomacy and the Biden Administration
The script criticizes the Biden Administration's approach to environmental diplomacy, particularly in relation to Russia and Iran. It discusses John Kerry's comments on Russia's role in climate change and the administration's reliance on moral suasion in foreign policy. The paragraph argues that this approach is ineffective and demonstrates a lack of understanding of international relations.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Trump vs Biden
💡Nikki Haley
💡Super Tuesday
💡Biden Strategy
💡Grassroots War Chest
💡Policy Genius
💡State of the Union Address
💡Kamala Harris
💡MAGA Base
💡Electoral Votes
💡Policy Advocacy
Highlights
Trump vs. Biden: The finalized race for the presidency.
Nikki Haley's withdrawal from the race.
Donald Trump's third nomination and the strategy against him.
Joe Biden's campaign strategy memo released to media.
Biden's memo describes Trump as 'wounded, dangerous, and unpopular'.
Trump's lead in Real Clear Politics polling average.
Biden's campaign relies on a strong grassroots war chest and Super Tuesday showing.
The importance of cash in a presidential election cycle and its limitations.
Biden's campaign strategy and the challenge of undecided voters.
Biden's campaign claims he is consolidating his coalition and has a winning agenda.
The Biden campaign's view on Trump's inability to expand his appeal beyond the MAGA base.
The Biden campaign's strategy to expand Biden's coalition and consolidate support.
The Biden campaign's response to Trump's call for a debate.
The Biden campaign's handling of Biden's note cards and reliance on them.
The anticipation for Biden's State of the Union Address and potential challenges.
The deployment of the National Guard to New York City's subway system to address crime.
San Francisco's shift towards more conservative policies in response to ongoing crises.
The Biden Administration's approach to the Israel-Gaza conflict and the promotion of a ceasefire.
The impact of the Biden Administration's foreign policy, particularly regarding Russia and Iran.
Transcripts
so it's Trump versus Biden now we've
known that for legitimately months if
not years at this point but with Nikki
Haley dropping out of the race this week
the race is now finalized it is Trump it
is Biden part two electric Baloo are you
ready for the sequel oh man ah the
Revenge campaign Donald Trump the first
Republican candidate since Richard Nixon
to actually be nominated three separate
times and of course the first
presidential candidate to think about
two non-consecutive terms since Grover
Cleveland running against the oldest
president in American history Joe Biden
so if you're excited let me recommend
that it is currently March and there's
eight more months of this we haven't
even gotten started yet and of course
this campaign has been going on for
quite a while while Joe Biden is now
trotting out a memo it's been put out by
his campaign chair Jen om Al Dylan and
campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez
and it was issued in full to Media
outlets and here is what this memo says
this is a memo that's laying out the
Biden strategy against Donald Trump
subject Trump enters the general
election beleaguered and ill equipped
the results of last night's super
Tuesday contest cemented what we have
known for some time now Donald Trump
limps into the general election as a
wounded dangerous and unpopular
candidate the Republican nominee is Cash
strapped beleaguered by a host of
external issues and is running on an
extreme agenda that is already proving
to be a significant liability for key
voting blocks that are critical to the
pathway to 270 electoral votes that's
some wishful thinking right there given
the fact that Donald Trump is in
commanding Pole Position he did not lead
at pretty much any point in the 20120
race in fact in the last few months of
polling Donald Trump LED in precisely
two polls in the Real Clear Politics
polling average I mean like not in the
average two polls included in that
average over the course of the last
several months of that election cycle
and then he outperformed the real C
politics polling average by about three
percentage points he tends to outperform
his polls in general elections because
there are so many people who end up
voting Trump who don't want to tell
pollsters they're actually going to vote
for Trump right now Donald Trump has led
this race in the real politics polling
average since midep Joe Biden has led in
the last 30 polls a grand total of four
he is tied into others okay that means
for those counting that in 24 of the
last 30 polls Donald Trump is in the
lead so when they say that he has
significant liabilities I mean Donald
Trump does have significant liabilities
but he does have one particular asset
and that is that Joe Biden is the other
candidate the memo says team Biden
Harris heads into the general election
coming off consistent wins up and down
the ballot maintains a historic and
growing Grassroots powered War chest and
now adds a strong super Tuesday showing
last night to enter the general election
well prepared and well positioned to win
this November now notice how much
they're relying on the amount of cash
they have stacked up in the back room
over there let me make something very
very clear the amount of cash you have
in a presidential election cycle is no
longer determinative of Victory
Democrats have routinely outspent
Republicans Donald Trump was out spent
by Hillary Clinton widely in 2016 it did
not matter what are you going to do
change people's opinion of Donald Trump
at this point everyone knows what they
think of Donald Trump at this point
ain't no late breaking voters in this
election cycle Donald Trump has been the
center of the American political
Universe since 2015 the year is now 2024
so for fully a decade the entire
political Universe has revolved around
Donald Trump Joe Biden has been a known
quantity since the
1970s Joe Biden was in the Senate before
I was born there is no one in this race
who's sitting around going man I just
can't I can't who are these guys I need
some introductory ads probably if they
drop a billion dollars introducing me to
Joe Biden maybe then I'll think like
everyone knows what they think of these
candidates but the Biden delusional memo
continues building off last night's
momentum tomorrow evening State of the
Union Address will provide the American
people with the latest example of the
Stark choice they will be confronted
with in November between President Biden
who remains laser focused on delivering
for the American people while running on
a historically popular record of
accomplishment I have some questions and
Donald Trump whose failed record and
dark vision for this country is as
dangerous as it is unpopular with the
voters who will decide this election
okay so um first of all you can tell
this isn't an internal memo and that it
is directed solely at outside
consumption because it's just filled
with crap when they say that Joe Biden
is laser focused only in the sense that
a cat is focused laser likee on you know
like an actual pinpoint of laser on the
wall Joe Biden is not laser focused on
anything except his oatmeal and that
only between the time that his oatmeal
reached is the bowl and the time that
his spoon hits the oatmeal between there
and his mouth things go totally Haywire
we'll get some more on this in just one
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Shapiro meanwhile when they say that Joe
Biden is running on a historically
popular record of accomplishment I would
love to see some polling that bears that
out National polling 8 months out
confirms what we know to be true this
will be a very close general election
contest like all modern presidential
elections are but we have a clear path
to Victory say the members of Biden's
campaign Beyond Donald Trump's
demonstrated inability to expand his
appeal beyond the Maga base that is not
true actually which this memo covers in
detail below upwards of 10% of Voters
remain undecided much larger than the
current margin between Trump and Biden
in polling so they're now counting on
everybody whose counting is undecided to
vote in favor of Joe Biden good luck
with that I think that that is very
large scale wishful thinking that's a
bunch of people who don't want to say
they're voting for Trump I would bet
that Independents in this election cycle
if the election were held today would
vote for Trump they would break for
Trump those voters are highly supportive
of the policies of the Biden Harris
Administration like protecting abortion
access lowering the cost of prescription
drugs and defending the Affordable Care
Act yeah because there are so many
people right now I've talked to and
you've talked to so many voters who are
deeply worried about Obamacare at this
point these undecided voters are also
the least tuned in to politics of any
group heading into Super Tuesday 31% of
all voters said they are not even
certain Trump will be the Republican
nominee so they are counting on the
ignorant voters to carry them through
well again I don't think that's going to
work so they say here are the key
questions that everyone should be asking
quote which candidate is consolidating
their Coalition the answer there is
actually Donald Trump not Joe Biden Joe
Biden's got real coalitional problems
moderates and his Coalition do not like
the radicals the radicals do not like
the moderates which candidate is
amassing the resources in building the
infrastructure necessary to run a modern
campaign that reaches the voters who
will decide this election this is where
Democrats really do have an advantage
the RNC has done a piss poort job of
trying to arrange resource allocation
raising money and spending it in order
to actually get people
out to vote on the day of the election
going and picking up ballots in places
where ballot harvesting is legal
Democrats do have an advantage there and
Republicans do need to pour money into
that not into Trump's legal issues they
need to be pouring money into all of the
get out the vote efforts that Democrats
are pouring money into most importantly
which candidate has a winning agenda and
a winning track record at The Ballot Box
for each and every one of these
questions they say the answer is the
same Joe Biden Joe Biden is the only
candidate in history who has beaten
Donald Trump and he will do so again
well I mean pretty small sample size I
mean like he ran once and he won once I
wouldn't call that quite
dispositive and then they say that Joe
Biden is consolidating his Coalition
because he has strong support in diverse
states with black latino white working
class and Suburban
voters he's under pulling with all of
them and then they look at the actual
primary States and say that he's doing
like an amazing job in he's running
unopposed Donald Trump's primary
performances says the Biden campaign are
a major warning sign for the GOP and an
opportunity for president Biden to
expand his Coalition Trump heads into
the general election unable to expand
his support beyond the hardcore Maga
base and they just are citing Nikki
Haley well the problem is a huge
percentage of Nicki Haley voters were
Democrats who crossed over to vote in
open
primaries so again this is a lot of
wishful thinking on the part of Team
Biden they say that as voters tune into
the election Biden can expand his
Coalition and consolidate his support
today's media consumption is more
fragmented and personalized than ever
for most Americans the November election
has not yet become a daily Topic at the
kitchen table uh I don't think that
that's true either because again the
candidates are all known quantities we
know all of them and everybody who is
not in the Biden campaign knows that
Steve coraki the pollster extraordinaire
his poll analysis on MSNBC is actually
quite good his job Steve coraki he
points out that actually if you're
talking about who is coalescing the base
it is not Joe Biden it is Donald
Trump in the context of what we're
seeing in the general election the one
who has the issue right now with the
base is more Biden than Trump cuz this
is from the New York times poll they
asked folks hey you voted for Trump in
2020 are you still with Donald Trump 97%
of his 2020 voters say they're still
with him ask Biden's 2020 voters are you
still with Biden the number is 85% there
so at least right now in the general
election polling it's Trump who's taking
more from Biden's voters than Biden
who's taking from Trump's voters not
just that in the primaries people who
are voting for Trump say they are
excited not just to vote against Biden
they are excited to vote for Trump Joe
Biden's voters no one is excited to vote
for Joe Biden they're only excited to
vote against Donald Trump that's kind of
a problem for him speaking of coalescing
of the base even people who are
considered anti-trump Republicans people
like Mitch McConnell the outgoing Senate
minority leader Mitch McConnell endorsed
Trump
today Mr
leader how do you reconcile your Trump
endorsement with the fact that you
called him practically and morally
responsible for January 6 and the fact
that he insulted you and your wife for
pet February the 25th
2021 shortly after the attack on the
capital I was asked a similar question
and I said I would support the nominee
for
president even if it were the former
president leader McConnell in April of
last year you indicated didn't really
directly answer the question as to
whether or not you were comfortable with
Mr Trump if he was in the middle of
criminal trials and indictments he was
the nominee I presume that means you're
comfortable with it I I don't have
anything to add to what I just said I
said in February of
20121 shortly after the attack on the
capital that I would support president
Trump if he were the nominee of our
party and he obviously is going to be
the nominee of our party okay that is
Mitch McConnell saying the obvious if
you get Mitch McConnell behind you and
you're the Republican party you ain't
going to have a problem turning out the
Bas you're not going to have a problem
with the coalescing of the Republican
Party the same is not true for Democrats
and as for those moderate voters Joe
Biden is the one who has been alienating
them by moving toward people like Bernie
Sanders Bernie keeps threatening Joe
Biden from his left according to the
Washington Post in a meeting in the Oval
Office last fall with Biden in senior
White House AIDS Bernie Sanders quoted
from a speech delivered by FDR in one of
the most successful Democratic
presidential re-election campaigns of
the last 100 years pointing to a
portrait of Roosevelt that hangs above
the oval office's fireplace Sanders
cited Roosevelt's 1936 remarks at
madisin sare Madison Square Garden
emphasizing the extent of of elite
business opposition to the New
Deal and then he suggested that Joe
Biden needs to run as
FDR that he has to affirm The public's
frustration over the economy and focus
on identifying the political opposition
to enacting the president's agenda like
big business and big
Pharma again if Joe Biden is relying on
electoral victory for advice from Bernie
Sanders good luck to you sir now of
course the biggest problem for Joe Biden
is that he is personally a deeply
unattractive candidate not only do most
people think that he is not sympathetic
and that he is manipulative which is a
big difference from 2020 in 2020 he was
sort of the benevolent old fellow who