Commentary

How often do we hear the pundits rhetorically ask prior to a major speech, ‘what does he have to say?’

They may be asking it because the speech is being given at a critical point in time – for the president or the country, because of the audience, or for some other esoteric reason.

They want you to believe that this particular speech is really important, vital to his success. But President Trump’s speech Sunday is more than that.  It’s about America’s future.

Trump Returns to the Stage

And as President Trump prepares to address the Orlando, Florida meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday, the right message will be critical for the Republican Party and America going forward.

No doubt, his audience will be pumped.  The America First, Make America Great Again crowd will be on their feet. They will have already been reminded of his four years by Republican leaders and party supporters.

And there will be no doubt who the leader of the Republican Party is even before he utters his opening remarks.

Then it should be a piece of cake. He can say anything, right?  Wrong.

He’s a master at working the audience.  Some have said he was too good on January 6, 2021.  His CPAC speech is an opportunity to reset the movement.

He simply cannot pass up the opportunity to attack the Biden-Harris administration for relinquishing our America First mantle, and returning the U.S. to the globalist community by rejoining the Paris Accord and the World Health Organization and returning to negotiations with Iran

The Climate Change Agenda

He needs to talk about the thousands of jobs lost with the cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline and how the Biden administration’s decision to make fighting climate change will lead us down a costly path with no practical goal.

He should talk about those well-paid union pipeline workers who lost their jobs, while touching on the those on the sidelines who suffered from the cancellation.

People like Laurie Cox, who operated a small hotel in Midland, South Dakota, population 100, temporary home to the pipeline workers.  They were like family.

All because President Biden wanted to impress the globalists upon the return of the U.S. to the Paris Accord

Open Borders

Of course, he needs to speak of Biden’s thoughtless stopping of the fence construction along our southern border and his reckless open border agenda.

‘I see they’ve opened those Obama cages for the kids again,” would bring a laugh, but he needs to impress upon the audience Biden’s shameful immigration agenda, and what it will cost the U.S. in jobs and health care costs.

The Pandemic

Without going into a lengthy review of his actions when the virus was detected, he needs to remind his audience that we wouldn’t have the vaccines we have today if he hadn’t expedited their development.

Mentioning Biden’s obsession with wearing a mask, and a humorous jab at Dr. Fauci would, of course, bring cheers, but he should continue to advocate the judicious use of the mask, washing hands and practicing distance measures.

A poke at those who stand in the way of getting kids back in school would certainly be appropriate.

The Non-Covid Relief Bill

He should briefly review his early support for a bill to provide urgent Covid relief to individuals and businesses, but Congress was more interested in stacking the bill with their favorite projects back home.

He should shockingly point out that just nine percent of the $1.9 trillion package will go for Covid relief, while the remainder will go to the arts and humanities, museums, transit projects and a long list of other pork.

A Perfect Transition

The Democrat mishandling of the stimulus will provide the president with a smooth transition to the needs to return to government by, of and for the people.

Biden, Pelosi and Schumer are making a mockery of the Constitution, and now they’re talking about the Second Amendment again.

Biden’s decision to permit gendered males to compete with women in athletics and gender reassignments for those in the military must be addressed, along with the return of taxpayer-paid abortions.

The Focus of the Speech

His focus should be on what the party must do to win back the House and Senate in 2022.

He must encourage his audience at CPAC and at home to ensure that each state has voter integrity at the polls. 

HE SHOULD AVOID going into the failures of the 2020 election, the ‘rigged’ systems that resulted in it being ‘stolen’ from him.  It’s a downer and its what the media would want him to do.

Stressing the importance of clean voter lists, clear rules for registrations with no same-day registration, plain rules for mail-in ballots and absentee ballots, (both must be requested), and strict adherence to voting deadlines.

HE SHOULD ALSO AVOID mentioning the names of those 2022 Republican candidates who have questioned his presidency.  The people know who they are. Leave the black-listing to the Democrats.

HE SHOULD say he was happy to see that Sen. Mitch McConnell would support the party’s nominee for president.

HE MUST remind the audience that the Republican Party is the true party of blue-collar families, those who work with their hands, police and firefighters, waitresses, steel workers, cab drivers, and others.

He will succeed if he puts forth his vision for the Republican return to Congress and the White House, laying out his theme of “the best is yet to come.”

Trump Is His Own Speechwriter

Let’s face it.  He is being advised as to what to say and not to say, but he is his own speechwriter.  That is if he uses a teleprompter at all.  I think we can expect President Trump’s speech to be nearly two-hours long … most of it unscripted.

After listening to the CPAC speakers, like South Dakota’s Gov. Kristi Noem, I’m encouraged about the future of our party.

May God continue to bless the United States of America.