Longtime GOP pollster reveals Trump's big 'mistake'

13 May

Frank Luntz on CNN (screengrab)

Senior GOP pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday President Donald is off message when it comes to showing the "success" of his administration to the American people.

"If Trump is able to get and force American products onto the Chinese soil and break these barriers that the Chinese have produced, he'll get credit for that," Luntz said during an appearance on CNN Tuesday.

"And that's exactly the point for that administration. Obviously, the Democrats don't want him to get credit, and they want to debate this. This is a significant success for the trump administration, and he's missing the narrative. He's missing the story," Luntz continued.

Luntz criticized Trump's efforts to play a mediatory role between Ukraine and Russia and said he should focus on the Israel-Gaza conflict and try to get hostages released.

"Why are you not focused more on getting this American hostage released? Why are you not focused on things that really matter to the public and really matter to national security? This is a mistake," he said.

Luntz was asked by the host about Trump's recent suggestion to raise taxes on the wealthy. "That goes against Republican doctrine, going back generations and generations. But this is another example not only of him remaking the Republican platform, but of saying things that the party utterly disagrees with, and then blaming Democrats for not letting that happen," the host said.

"It's almost a philosophical question. He's just able to say things and people will accept it, even though it's not in line with any policy or any reality. How is that possible?" the host asked.

Luntz responded, "Because he's different than any person who's ever served in office. I think you'd have to go back to Andrew Jackson to find a president as outside the mainstream as this one, and we never saw Jackson speak, so we don't really know what he was like."

The veteran strategist said what really matters is what people see. "If he succeeds with China, that will be a tremendous success."

But Luntz added that if Trump decides to raise taxes on the rich because the public agrees with that, it will hurt his Republicans in Congress. "But in the end, if they fail to pass this tax cut, if he blames the Democrats for causing every American to pay more, that will propel him in the end," Luntz added.

"The democrats are lucky that he isn't on message, because what he should be saying is this administration is trying to give you a break, and the Democrats are trying to prevent it. And the democrats are all focused on yelling at Trump," he said, adding that it does not help them.

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