President Biden went full-Trump about fixing the border, albeit without reinstalling a crucial "remain in Mexico" policy (which requires that asylum seekers be sent back to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed in the U.S.).
The 46th president also talks about keeping schools open. This should have happened a year ago. Biden and Democrats are proving beyond a reasonable doubt that they can read polls and election results, especially Glenn Youngkin's unlikely win in Blue Virginia, when the rookie candidate won in no small part because of his support for parental choice in education.
"Made in America" is also something most Americans support, but Biden's solution around inflation was really one for the ages.
"We have a choice," he said during the State of the Union. "One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make Americans poorer. I have a better plan to fight inflation. Lower your costs, not your wages."
Wow. Why didn't any American companies think of this solution sooner? Of course, Econ 101 teaches that costs and wages go hand in hand. If inflation is high, as it is now, many companies have no choice but to pass the cost back to consumers or to cut wages or employees.
This president has never run a business. It clearly shows. So this appears to be the pivot by the president and by Democrats, at least rhetorically, that this party will attempt to make heading into the midterms. Their plan is to sound like Trump on crime, the border, schools and manufacturing.
But the American people aren't suckers. They know empty rhetoric when they hear it.