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Armageddon

Copyright 2016 by Humanix Books

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Morris, Dick, author. | McGann, Eileen, author.

Title: Armageddon : How Trump Can Beat Hillary / Dick Morris, Eileen McGann.

Description: West Palm Beach, FL : Humanix Books, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016003143 (print) | LCCN 2016013325 (ebook) | ISBN 9781630060589 (hardback) | ISBN 9781630060596 (e-book) | ISBN 9781630060596 (E-Book)

Subjects: LCSH: PresidentsUnited StatesElection, 2016. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854 ) | United StatesPolitics and government2009 | BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch. | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership.

Classification: LCC JK526 2016 .M67 2016 (print) | LCC JK526 2016 (ebook) | DDC 324.973/0932dc23

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Armageddon:

1. a: the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil
2. b: the battle taking place at Armageddon
3. c: a vast decisive conflict or confrontation

T he ultimate battle to save America lies straight ahead of us: its an American Armageddon, the final crusade to defeat Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump is the Republican warrior who will lead the charge. Trump is a fearless and formidable candidate whose brash, straight-talking anti-Washington message resonated with voters and catapulted him to the Republican nomination.

And he can go all the way to the White House. He can beat Hillary Clinton. He can triumph at Armageddon and save America.

Trump is a natural, the polar opposite of the ultimate insider and highly choreographed Hillary Clinton. Relying on his own impeccable instincts, he never needed political consultants to tell him what to do or what to say. He never needed to poll test issues or talking points to figure out where he should stand. He is the master of his own style and his own message. And that message is that America can be great againin so many ways. It worked because he fervently believed it and so did the voters. A Pew Foundation survey in mid April 2016 found that 57% of America want America First and support solving our own problems before helping other countries. Trump tapped into that growing national feeling and championed what Americans believe in.

There has been a dramatic shift in American politics that was manifested in 2016. The debates and the primaries in both parties demonstrated vividly that the major fault line in our politics is not that which separates the Right from Left, but that which divides insiders from outsiders. The assumptions, outlook, policies, and proposals that emanate from Washington, DC, are routinely suspect and are almost totally at variance with those that animate the rest of the country. This sweeping unity against the establishment created the perfect storm for the Trump candidacy. Voters are in wholesale rebellion against Washington, DC, and the leaders of both parties. They dont trust them, they dont like them, and they want them out.

This phenomenon was seen in smaller Armageddons in the primaries of both parties. Along with Trump, insurgents Sanders, and Cruz challenged the dynastic establishment candidates, Clinton and Bush. The Republican voters actually succeeded in upending their ruling class and embraced change by choosing Trump. But not the Democrats. When the voices of change within the Democratic Party implored it to adopt new directions and turn away from a corrupt recycling of the past, the Empire would not permit it, smashing the insurgency beneath the bludgeons of money and powerand, instead, choosing the ultimate tired establishment candidate, Hillary Clinton. The Democrats opted for same old, same old Washington retread.

But Donald Trump embodied the change that voters have demanded and heralded a new age in our politics. In a field of immensely talented candidates, he surged to the top. Rather than take advantage of his enormous wealth and widespread contacts throughout the business and corporate worlds, he financed his own campaign and actually spent less than his rivals by capitalizing on the unique power of his message to win. Its never been done before.

Trump intuitively grasped that Americans were tired of ideological debates. They demanded a change from Obamas radical policies, but had no wish to go back to the purely conservative agendas of either George W. Bush or even Ronald Reagan.

Often criticized by his opponents for straying from a strictly conservative viewpoint, Trump realized that voters wanted an American messagea candidate who would put America first and who would see to it that America won. And thats what he did.

On trade, immigration, jobs, the economy and a host of issues, Trump carved out a platform that embraced nationalism as it transcended ideology.

If Donald Trump has a precedent in our politics, it is not Ronald Reaganit is Dwight Eisenhower. Building on a brilliant record of success outside the political system, Ike overturned the choice of the ideologues in his own partywho had favored Senator Bob Taft of Ohioand then consigned to history the liberal Democratic programs of FDR and Truman. He staked out a different set of prioritiesjob growth, American economic dominance, reluctance to get involved in foreign wars, a balanced budget, and an emphasis on rebuilding Americas infrastructure to make way for decades of economic growth.

Sound familiar? Those are the exact priorities of Donald Trump. His pragmatic, get-it-done approach will sharply contrast with the straitjacketed liberal dogma of Hillary Clinton and will appeal to Americans of every ideological stripe. Eisenhower was a historic commander and Donald Trump is an innovative CEO. Both had clear visions for America and refused to be mired in endless process, committees, or commissions.

Unlike Hillary, and like Ike, Trump escapes distracting details and focuses on objectivesthe big pictureusing talented people around him to map out the path to achieving them. He will get things done.