Newsmax’s Dick Morris has been keeping up his Trump-fluffing ways. For instance, he touted in a Nov. 8 TV appearance:
President Donald Trump’s move to investigate monopolistic practices in the meatpacking industry underscores his broader focus on restoring affordability for American families who are struggling, even those with high incomes, political strategist Dick Morris told Newsmax on Saturday.
“A lot of people voted communist or socialist in New York City and elsewhere because they say, ‘Hey, I’m sitting here making $150,000 [or] $200,000 a year, and thank you very much. But I still can’t afford living. I can’t afford the rent. I can’t afford the cost of school. I can’t afford a lot of things,'” Morris told Newsmax’s “The Count.”
But Trump’s latest action, in directing the Department of Justice to investigate the country’s largest meatpacking companies, aims to confront corporate monopolies that are driving up the cost of food, said Morris.
The Trump-fluffing continued — with an added touch of racism — in a Nov. 29 appearance:
Dick Morris, adviser to President Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Saturday that Trump’s decision to block asylum claims from several nations is not simply about immigration or security; he argued it is “literally” about preventing a takeover of parts of the United States by groups that do not intend to assimilate into American culture.
Morris appeared on “The Count” to argue that President Trump’s suspension of asylum processing is part of a broader effort to prevent demographic and cultural shifts in the United States that he described as a “takeover.”
Morris specifically cited Somali immigrants in Minnesota as an example, saying the roughly 90,000 who have moved there represent a powerful political bloc. “They’ve already elected a congressman. They have the governor,” Morris said.
He added that migrants from Somalia, and by implication Muslim immigrants, are not coming “with the goal of assimilating, nor with the goal of being better Americans, [but] with the goal of being Somalis.”
Morris served up a Trump-friendly take in a Jan. 17 TV appearance:
Dick Morris, adviser to President Donald Trump, said Saturday on Newsmax that the Democratic Party has “completely marginalized itself,” arguing that voters fed up with the party’s positions on immigration enforcement and clashes involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are increasingly opting to call themselves independents.
Morris appeared on “Saturday Report” while responding to a question about why more Americans are identifying as independents and what that could mean for future elections.
[…]Morris suggested the independent rise reflects a flight from Democrats more than an embrace of Republicans, and he offered a political explanation for why some disaffected voters are not yet adopting the GOP label.
“There’s the people identify as a Republican or Democrat, based really on their opposition to the figures in power,” he said, arguing it may take time for some voters to “come around” to supporting Trump.
Morris also credited Trump with policy and geopolitical successes, including efforts “to deal with the nation’s financial problems,” “lower inflation” and “settle wars,” presenting those as factors he believes are reshaping partisan identities.
That was joined by more Trumo-fluffing the same day:
Dick Morris, an adviser to President Donald Trump and author of “The Real Charlie Kirk,” said Saturday on Newsmax that the pace of economic improvement under Trump has been striking, particularly given the short time since the president returned to office.
“Well, it is extraordinary. It’s unbelievable,” Morris said on “The Count.” “When you have a 5.4% growth rate, normally it’s about 2 or 3%. When you have close to 0% inflation.”
Morris said he is concerned that public opinion polling does not appear to match the economic indicators being highlighted by the administration.
“And the thing that puzzles me, worries me, is that it’s as if the people who are answering polls are not living here, are not experiencing the same economy that everybody else is experiencing,” he said.
Morris pointed to job creation as another sign of improvement and questioned why some voters still give the economy low marks.
It couldn’t possibly be that the economy is not, in fact, doing as well as Morris and Trump claim it is, apparently. So, of course, Morris declared that the people must be wrong, not Trump:
Morris credited Trump for what he described as active management across multiple sectors of the economy, including healthcare.
“I think that ultimately Trump is doing a magnificent job doing all he possibly can,” Morris said. “And he focuses on every area of the economy with bold new proposals like his healthcare proposal earlier this week.”
Morris said the economic data should lead the public to recognize the administration’s progress.
“Ultimately, statistics don’t really lie like that,” he said. “If the numbers show the economy that they’re showing, you have to give Trump some credit because it’s beyond belief. It really is.”
Trump is right, everyone else is wrong. That’s the only possible explanation as far as Morris is concerned.