The former president is offering voters splashy policy promises—and what he offers simply depends on who he’s talking to.
Trump got a reprieve when he promised to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the creator of dark web marketplace Silk Road, which facilitated the sale of narcotics.to life in prison in 2015, is far from a household name. But in that room of cheering libertarians, some of whom had been distributing “Free Ross” signs, there appeared to be nothing the crowd wanted more.
On the trail, he seems to read the room. Determining the thing his audience wants the most, he blurts out that he’ll get it done. Such airy quid pro quos may be nothing more than cynical election year catnip—after all, there’s nothing forcing Trump to follow through—but they’re also the most Trumpian way imaginable to do what politicians are supposed to do: outline policy priorities and build coalitions.
Bonilla pointed to research suggesting that voters see candidates who make more promises as more dishonest. Many Americans, Bonilla said, are hyper-aware that politicians will say what they need to to earn votes. Trump’s promises, she said, are useful messaging tools but they may not translate into Election Day returns.
“Trump sees the world from Mar-a-Lago and is promising to make the rich richer in exchange for their campaign donations while working families are stuck paying the price and struggling to get by.”Soon after Trump joined TikTok earlier this month, he used the platform to issue a firm commitment. When Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative student group Turning Point USA, said on camera Trump would never ban TikTok, the former president, standing next to him, simply affirmed the comment.
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