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In a mostly false article by The Atlantic that focused on fictitious infighting between myself and Ivanka, various Republicans weighed in on my ability to connect with the base:

By November 2018, Don had appeared at more than 70 campaign events across 17 states—and powerful Republicans were abuzz. “I could very easily see him entering politics,” Senator Kevin Cramer told me. “I think his future is bright,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Newsmax’s CEO, Chris Ruddy, told me he’d personally encouraged Don to run for office; Sean Hannity called him “a born natural leader.” Senator Rand Paul went so far as to say that Don was one of the best Republican campaigners in the country. “If you can’t get the president,” Paul told me, “he’s a close second.”

Even if you leave aside all the good my father has done for the country in terms of policies since he’s been in the White House—and there is plenty, from the economy, to tax cuts, to our standing in the world, to appointing two great justices to the Supreme Court and countless lower court appointees, just to name just a few—there is one more lasting impression he’s left on our political system: he’s made people see that their principles are worth fighting for, that we don’t have to roll over and die anymore just because the left says so. Somehow, he understood intuitively that politics is a game but what’s at stake is anything but. For those of us on his campaign, and for the millions of people who followed him, he showed us by example that what we believe in matters. It might mean rough going, but if it’s right, you do it anyway. Prison reform? Not exactly a conservative thing. Opportunity zones? Not something that directly benefits his base. There is no base for him in inner cities. (Although based on the results he’s getting on the economy, there should be, and he’s working hard to change that.) He did those things not because it was the right thing to do politically. That’s the difference between this presidency and so many others. Donald Trump doesn’t sit there and make a decision based on polling numbers. He listens to the people. He didn’t run a campaign based on polling groups. He did it based on his gut, on decades of experience, and on the applause and cheers of the forgotten men and women of this country who were being heard for the first time in decades. When he talks of job growth, he does so with more experience than perhaps any other president. He has been signing the front of checks for forty years. What the hell would Hillary Clinton know about job growth? She hasn’t created a job in her life. Maybe a pollster job. Maybe a position for someone who bleaches her servers for her or hammers her iPhones to bits. But a real job? Not a chance. Neither has Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, or any other Democrat in Washington.

Still, the campaign we face in 2020 is going to be an even greater test of both DJT’s will and ours. Back in 2016, it was pretty much just Bernie shouting socialist nonsense. Today, there are card-carrying socialists leading a revolt in the Democratic Party. In 2016, there was only one corrupt Democrat, at least only one we had to worry about—admittedly, Hillary was the kind who can escape prosecution at the highest levels of the government despite clear evidence of crimes, the kind whose enemies always seem to “commit suicide” under mysterious circumstances—but still, she was only one person. And as the conservative comedians jokingly say, “she can’t suicide us all.” Today, there are twenty Democratic candidates in the race, each one representing a different horrible path for our country. Back in 2016, my father had the element of surprise on his side. Few on the left even took his campaign seriously, let alone noticed the movement he was creating. Today, the left, the liberal media, and the administrative state have their eyes wide open. They’re like a trapped animal. They will do anything to regain power. Anything.

I also know that if they’re spoiling for a fight, they came to the right place. Of all the lessons my father has taught me—and there have been plenty—the greatest one is this: There comes a time when you have to put up or shut up, to be a man (or a woman; I don’t want to be charged by the PC police) whether or not it’s politically correct to do so, or walk away. To fight or be a coward. So the left can take whatever shots it wants at us. We’ll do what we always do: hit back twice as hard. Fight or flight is a basic component of human evolution. What can I say? I guess in the Trump family, the flight instinct never really developed.

I began this book telling you I wasn’t mad. I’m still not. After all, there’s a lot to feel good about.

I hear from people all the time how much better their lives are. Last Valentine’s Day, for instance, I took Kimberly to a nice restaurant on the upper East Side of New York City. Not exactly a bastion of conservatism. As the evening progressed, I could sense that all eyes were on us, and perhaps a scene would soon unfold. As we paid our tab, and made our way for the exit, a woman got up, pointed at me, and yelled, “You!” I thought, Here we go, here comes a fight with grandma on Valentine’s Day . And then it happened; she said to us and the entire restaurant, “You have the biggest balls in the world and you don’t take crap from anyone. Keep it up!” She broke the ice, as the entire place erupted in applause. In a room that I thought would be hostile and nasty, we found friendly supporters. It goes to show you, you never know where you might find a friendly voice. It took one person, with courage and conviction to break the ice and the rest followed.

My dad has accomplished an incredible amount in the less than three years he’s been in office. Despite what you hear from the liberal media, those achievements have helped all Americans. As I write this, the job market is the best it’s ever been. For the first time, there are more jobs available than we need. It used to be people went out and looked for a job; now jobs are looking for people. It’s also the greatest time ever to get a better job than the one that you have. And the best time ever to start a career. Right now we have the lowest unemployment rate for both men and women in fifty years. We have the lowest unemployment rate ever for blacks, Latinos, and Asians, ever: 3.7 percent. Lowest youth unemployment in half a century, and veteran’s unemployment is the lowest in twenty years. Never before has there been a more pro–American worker president. His Pledge to America and its workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. DJT is committed to vocational education. Ninety-five percent of US manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever.

President Obama once famously said that you would need a magic wand to bring back the manufacturing jobs lost during his administration. Well, abracadabra, Mr. Former President. The Trump administration has added 1 million manufacturing, construction, and energy jobs.

In total, my father has added 6 million jobs to the market and, amazingly, 6.2 million people are off food stamps. What will the Democrats do if Americans start becoming self-sufficient? It certainly won’t be good for their failed policies!

Still, if you subscribe to the liberal press bullshit, those gains are about to go up in a puff of smoke. As positive as my dad is about our roaring economy, the media is that much more negative and worse. More than once in the preceding pages, I’ve told you that the MSM hates my father more than they love America, and there is no better example of this than how they “cover” the impending doom they say is coming.

Look, I’ve been in the marketplace my entire adult life. I know how it ebbs and flows. For the sake of millions of Americans who will suffer, however, I pray that a recession doesn’t happen. But if it does, you can lay the blame squarely on the propaganda machine of the left. Not only do they believe an economic downturn will help them win the White House, but it would also provide them with a depressed America, the perfect setting to implement their socialist plans. Remember what Bernie said: “There’s nothing wrong with breadlines.”