Why didn't Trump hammer Biden on his support for the Iraq War the way he did Clinton?

[darklordoftech]

I was wondering about this too. This also goes for Biden’s vote for NAFTA, his support for the TPP after Hillary turned against it, his anti-gun record, his role in stopping Robert Bork from being confirmed to the SCOTUS, etc.

[darklordoftech]

Because the Obama administration, which Biden is linked to, pulled out of Iraq. Obama criticized Clinton for her support of the Iraq war. Iraq was not an issue for Biden

Plus, Trump has been president for 4 years. He was the incumbent. He has to run on his record more than attacking his opponent. Calling Biden out on Iraq would suggest the US is still dealing with the consquences of Iraq, which would make Trump look bad and incapable of fixing it.

Yet instead of running on, “Here are my accomplishments”, Trump ran on “Biden has dimentia and wants to defund the police.”

[darklordoftech]

I was wondering about this too. This also goes for Biden’s vote for NAFTA, his support for the TPP after Hillary turned against it, his anti-gun record, his role in stopping Robert Bork from being confirmed to the SCOTUS, etc.

If Trump had gone populist again, he would have won in a landslide. Trump's campaign was downright AWFUL but he still barely lost.

How could Trump have gone populist? He went right and conservative as President so now one would belive him

Pulled out of the TPP, renegotiated NAFTA

[darklordoftech]

I was wondering about this too. This also goes for Biden’s vote for NAFTA, his support for the TPP after Hillary turned against it, his anti-gun record, his role in stopping Robert Bork from being confirmed to the SCOTUS, etc.

If Trump had gone populist again, he would have won in a landslide. Trump's campaign was downright AWFUL but he still barely lost.

How could Trump have gone populist? He went right and conservative as President so now one would belive him

Pulled out of the TPP, renegotiated NAFTA

Neither of which are known by most Americans nor would be noticed in 2-4 years

It’s the campaign’s job to make people notice things that benefit the candidate and keep those things in the news cycle.