A column in today’s NYT makes the point that Trump’s narrative of the outlaw fighting for the people against the corrupt establishment has a history that goes back to Robin Hood. That is true. It is also true, however, that Trump has never shown any sympathy for populists on economic issues, and that he wants to use the military and law enforcement to crack down on dissent. In other words, he wants to be both Batman and the Joker.
These two narratives cannot exist at once. Biden needs to exploit the contradiction.