Trumpworld’s Plan to Re-Elect the President

David Weigel: “The president’s Wednesday night rally in the Florida Panhandle ended without much of a theme. He took shots at Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke. He attacked China for its aggressive turn in trade negotiations, then shrugged that “It’ll work out.” And he appeared to laugh when a crowd member yelled about shooting undocumented immigrants.”

“What made less news but mattered much more for the president’s reelection hopes was a pledge to redirect nearly half a billion more dollars toward hurricane recovery — and a promise to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base, damaged by last year’s storms. That was exactly what the coalition working to reelect Trump wanted to hear: Every visit to a swing state, every offer of help from the government, could help them get reluctant voters excited about 2020. And Trump campaign representatives were working the rally, collecting data from attendees who might want to reelect the president.”