In the surest sign yet that failed one-term former president Donald Trump knows his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is stuck in neutral, the disgraced ex-head of state is now promising that he will give Americans “freedom cities” filled with flying cars if they put him back in the White House.
Politico reports that Trump is going full Jetsons and trying to paint himself as the candidate of the future.
Trump’s plan, shared in advance with POLITICO, calls for holding a contest to design and create up to ten new “Freedom Cities,” built from the ground up on federal land. It proposes an investment in the development of vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles; the creation of “hives of industry” sparked by cutting off imports from China; and a population surge sparked by “baby bonuses” to encourage would-be-parents to get on with procreation. It is all, his team says, part of a larger nationwide beautification campaign meant to inspire forward-looking visions of America’s future.
In the video, Trump proclaims:
“Past generations of Americans pursued big dreams and daring projects that once seemed absolutely impossible. They pushed across an unsettled continent and built new cities in the wild frontier. They transformed American life with the interstate highway system—magnificent it was. And they launched a vast network of satellites into orbit all around the earth.
“But today, our country has lost its boldness. Under my leadership, we will get it back in a very big way. If you look at just three years ago, what we were doing was unthinkable, how good it was, how great it was for our country. Our objective will be a quantum leap in the American standard of living,.”
Actually, three years ago the country was mired in a pandemic which the loser ex-president tried to suggest was no big deal and would disappear as soon as temperatures rose in the spring and summer.
So, to sum up:
- Trump will build new cities that will feature shopping centers devoid of goods since China will no longer be allowed to export the Trump States of America. And there won’t be any flying cars, either, because those will be made better and cheaper in China, but no one in this country will be allowed to buy them.
- A “baby bonus” is also a wrongheaded policy initiative because the world is already severely overpopulated and global warming threatens to leave the globe devoid of life entirely.
Despite those facts, the MAGA faithful will probably hail Trump’s ideas as brilliant and demand he be reappointed to the presidency even if he loses again in the 2024 election.
