Ok, , you got run over by a Mack truck. Your day of sulking is over.
Now what?
First, acknowledge to voters that you understand what just happened. There are many reasons you lost â ICE raids, the war, lousy candidates and tariffs, to name a few.
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But nearly every pollster agrees the landslide came because of gas prices and “affordability.”
Good news, Mr. President.
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You can do something about that right now. I mean not next week. Now.
You should hold a national presidential address tonight conceding that voters are angry and financially stressed out. Tell Americans you hear them and then pledge that every policy you make over the next two years will be determined by whether it helps working-class Americans, farmers, ranchers and small businessmen and women pay their bills.
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Any Green New Deal congressional legislation that makes energy more expensive, you will veto.
You should announce to the country that you are issuing an immediate emergency executive order to bring gas prices at the pump down by 50 cents a gallon or more. Â
Democrats may challenge Trump on whether he has the unilateral authority to do so. He should, in that case, demand that, when Congress reconvenes Nov. 9, that the House and Senate pass this emergency legislation to bring down gas prices. If Democrats block this action, they would be telling voters they arent serious about delivering Americans relief at the pump.Â
This could all be accomplished by temporarily suspending the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents a gallon until gas prices nationally fall below $4 a gallon. This order would also suspend the renewable fuel regulations that add as much as 45 cents to the cost of a gallon of gas and diesel.
As we learned on Tuesday, Nov. 3, many of your Make America Great Again voters â the men and women who have twice elected you president â have lost confidence that youre looking out for their interests. Exit polls show a majority of voters say their own family finances are getting worse, not better.
Challenge the Democrats in Congress who won on a promise of lower gas prices to pass a law to suspend these taxes and regulations on an emergency basis to help American families.
Tell the nation that you will work with congressional Democratic leaders on any proposal that will bring these prices down.
Force the hand of the incoming Senate majority leader and House speaker by asking them what their affordability plan is. Sounds like they dont really have one. In the Biden years, Democrats shut down pipelines and refineries â which adds to gas prices.</
