It's not about desperation. He's so far ahead of everyone.His 2019 SOTU address about having more legal immigration than ever before. Until he addresses this, I take him at his word. As bad as illegal immigration is, legal immigration is just as bad.
I didn't say he was there to fool Trump, I said he was there to profit off of running a Trump like campaign, or maybe he is running in case Trump really can't run and means what he says. I think more the former, but who knows. But Trump is making himself look like a fool for attacking him. It isn't going to win Trump any new support. It isn't like there are people who support Vivek then here Trump say "Vivek isn't MAGA" and say "oh wow, yea, I now support Trump". Vivek's support is a mix of people who don't think Trump can run and realize the only other choices are Hillary v.2.0 and Jeb Bush v.2.0. Then you have people who see Vivek as Trump with the ability to talk like an adult. This isn't going to bring any of them over. Instead, it will make a few of them question what Trump's motives really are.
If Trump was sincere he would have said...
"I like this guy Vivek, he reminds me of a younger version of myself. But it isn't his time yet, I appreciate him running and putting out a winning message, but the time is for me to retake the White House and __insert BS___. And I think Vivek will have a spot on my team as we Make America Great Again".
I'm glad Trump and his team are this **** poor our simply this desperate, because it just exposes them more. If they had more tact and used a message like mine above, they could really fool some people who were questioning his motives.
Trump simply pointed out that Vivek is parroting things he said previously. A statement you've made many times... Somehow pointing that out means he's desperate?
I understand your take, but I'm just telling you the vast vast vast majority of people who are sympathetic to supporting Trump don't see this in the lense you do.
Calling him cowardly and all that other stuff is all good, but these sorts of attacks only resonate with people already sharing that opinion.
There's a place for Vivek. But he ain't gonna be a VP. Might be a press secretary. But not a VP. And he's arguing that we need to save Trump by running against him.
It was a poor tweet and something that he's getting heat from.
The same stuff happened with Cruz until he was no longer useful to Trump in the primary. Then he was attacked after the disingenuous Ben Carson attack in Iowa
Vivek spoiling Haley and DeSantis is beneficial and that's about it.