WASHINGTON 鈥� Finding unity is in the Republican Party鈥檚 best interest, but whether Donald Trump and party leaders聽are able to find聽common ground is a 鈥渢ough objective,鈥� former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw told聽海角精品黑料.
Brokaw chatted with 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Mike Moss and Joan Jones on Thursday morning, ahead of the much-anticipated face-to-face meeting between Trump and聽House Speaker Paul Ryan.
鈥淚t’ll be a bit of a sparring match, I guess,鈥� said Brokaw. But then, he predicted, a familiar scene will probably play out, with both parties emerging 聽from the meeting claiming, 鈥淲ell, we had differences but we came to common agreement.鈥�
鈥淲e鈥檝e all seen this in Washington before,鈥� Brokaw said.
Even so, there are still going to be underlying tensions heading into the GOP convention in Cleveland. 鈥淏ecause Trump has been on a roll,鈥� Brokaw said. 鈥淗e’s won the vast majority of the primaries. The question is, did he win the vast majority of Republican votes? No. There were more votes against him than there were for him. But under the rules he is, clear and away, the presumptive nominee.鈥�
Trump has seen so much success, Brokaw said, because he has managed to galvanize an angry electorate that聽believes there are two Americas.
鈥淪eparate and unequal, the people and the political establishment,鈥� said Brokaw, adding that he thinks the disconnect extends to how people feel about the media.
鈥淭hey don’t think we have a feel for what they’re going through 鈥� the uncertainty about the economy, the threat of another terrorist attack of some kind, the things that don’t get done because of government regulation,” he said.
Brokaw said he understands why the electorate is angry.
鈥淭he real question is, how do you focus that anger so that everybody moves forward?鈥�
