The Dan Bongino Show - The Bongino Brief - Mar 20, 2021

Episode Date: March 20, 2021

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Dan Bongino. Welcome to the Bongino Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. All right. So what does Trump 2024 look like? He dropped some hints last night. Well, let's go through step by step. What exactly this should look like.

Step one. Step one is important. And he's doing it already, President Trump. He went on Fox with Maria Bartiromo last night and he provided a contrast. Contrasts in politics are everything. Yin and yang, black and white, contrasts are everything. And he laid out last night the first contrast, which I think is going to be big and bold. It's the Biden immigration agenda versus the Trump immigration agenda. And he said this. We have so much to get to with you. President Biden's first order of

business on January 20th and 21st was to overturn your policies at the border, immediately stop construction of the wall, triggering an onslaught of new illegal immigration. Your reaction. Do you believe this would not have happened had he not overturned your policies. Well, my policies were working better than they've ever seen on the southern border. The wall is almost complete. We just had to fix little sections, complete little sections that had to be together. We needed them in order to get the trucks back and forth from side to side. But they've chosen to stop right in the middle. They could have it finished in a month and it would be just magnificent. It already is magnificent what it's done in the areas where it's totally completed.

But just small sections are remaining. This is what step one. You can't screw this up. OK, step one has to be a constant contrast from this point on with the failures, the grotesque failures of the Biden administration just two months in. Contrast. Human beings think in contrast. That's what foils are about. Provide that foil. Do not, if anybody gives, I don't think they'll do this, but if anybody gives President Trump advice, we should stay quiet and let Biden do his thing. It's the classy thing to do.

What, to lose the country and watch it get flushed down the toilet bowl? No way. Step one, provide a contrast. He did it last night in Maria Bartiromo. He was on point. I saw some people say, oh, the interview wasn't that exciting. No, no. It was exciting. It may not have been as emotional as we're used to with President Trump, but it was exciting because he did what he needed to do. He provided a contrast. Step two, he's a businessman, ladies and gentlemen. He's always been a businessman.

It's his bread and butter. Amen. Tell me what you think about this. Give me a thumbs up or thumbs down, too. When I ran for office in Maryland, in this seat I had no business even competing in. It was a Democrat plus six congressional district. We won that race on election day. We lost on the absentee count. No one's ever come close since. One of the things we did was a contract with the citizens.

Ladies and gentlemen, people love contracts. They don't believe politicians. They think you're all full of it. People like contracts. Remember the contract with America? I don't care what you call it. Call it if you want liberal flowery language. I don't think you do, but call it the promise document. I don't care what you call. If you need snowflake language, I don't care what you call it. A promissory note.

If you like financial stuff, people love contracts. So step one, he needs to provide the contrast. Step two, he should provide some contract with the citizens about exactly what 2024 is going to look like. He's a businessman. Contracts are natural. And by the way, he's got a record to back up

that his contracts mean something. He's got a record. He's got the bona fides. He's got the backbone to do it, and he's done it before. So what's step three? There's step three you might not agree with, and I'm sure a lot of brilliant political consultants, the lovey class, Joe, bow ties and everything.

I'm not against bow ties. I'm not a bow tie guy. I'm not a tie guy. The political consultant class will not like this. I don't care. I like it. And I like to think outside of the box. And so does President Trump.

Step three, he should immediately announce his vice president the minute he declares. Wait a few days so you get two bites at the apple. Maybe two or three days. Maybe announce on a Monday and on a Wednesday, announce your VP. That's crazy, Dan. Nobody's ever done that. Yeah, exactly. That's why you should do it. But there's a reason. You split your forces right away.

He's already been president once, folks. It's not like a mystery what he's going to do. You know, I know that, oh, no, we got to, we got to, we have to keep the tension built, Joe. We have to pick someone from a swing state. Get rid of all that crap. That doesn't mean anything. Indiana wasn't a swing state. Get rid of all that stupidity. Why would naming your VP right away matter? It's never been done before.

Cruz named Carly Fiorina early, but it wasn't right away. Because what do you do, Joe? Joe, just a quick question. It's not a trick trick is it better to have two people on the road in a campaign with your agenda or one not a trick question joe just just checking i like two man you know you can do a whole bunch of stuff i like the twofer i'll go for the two for two baby that's the what that's the whole idea behind the big mac if one hamburger worked at mcdonald's why not put two on there, right? Right. A little sauce.

You ever eat Five Guys? Oh. I know I'll probably lose a thousand listeners a minute, but my humble opinion, I think Five Guys makes the best burger. Much respect to Whataburger and what is it, In-N-Out, but Five Guys, you got the two. You got the two. You got the double. I eat three doubles. No, you don't. Yes, I do. Ask my wife. I have a disgustingly large stomach. Yes, you do. I eat three doubles. No, you don't. Yes, I do. Ask my wife. I have a disgustingly large stomach. Yes, you do.

I know you do. Right? Don't I? I can eat like a 9,000 pound elephant. Three. You got the double. Get both of them out there early. Split your forces early.

My opinion right now as it stands could change. But my opinion, that person should be Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida. Can you imagine? There we go. Guy, finally. Guy's a little, you know, first three weeks, he's like hanging. Now he's like just injecting himself. I like that. Take some initiative.

He gave me the thumbs up on the side. I like that idea. Can you imagine a contract with the citizens, Trump on the air providing a contrast with the disaster Biden's doing, and then DeSantis and Trump out there in the media all around the country hitting swing states a year from now or right after the midterms

is the best time. You want to get the midterms done first. He has to provide counter-programming. Step four. Every time Biden shows up in a spot, once he gets going after the midterms, Trump, he should run a two-year campaign. Immediately after the midterms, him and DeSantis, boom, out there. Get out there right away. It's an awesome ticket. And imagine the fury Biden shows up to say, Kenosha, Wisconsin, to tour whatever, an auto factory, whatever it may be.

And then Trump and DeSantis hold a rally. Trump's in Kenosha and then DeSantis is in Madison or something. Can you imagine? It would drive them nuts. It would drive them absolutely insane. We'll talk more about this as time goes on, but that's what Trump 2024 should look like.