Newt Gingrich: Trump has just delivered two brilliant political surprises
President Trump  has once again surprised the national establishment. This week  he  announced  his  re-election campaign earlier than any president in history. Simultaneously   he  announced Brad Parscale would be  his  campaign manager.
Both these moves are a reminder of how intuitive and strategic  Donald J. Trump  is. These qualities are a big part of why  he  was elected to be our 45th president.
First   President Trump  is saying to any potential Republican challengers: âI will crush you.â The amount of money  he  will raise  the scale of the organization that  he  will build  and the size of the pro-Trump base will all combine to make the possibility of a viable Republican challenger an absurdity. Someone can run  but he or she will never survive the first round of primaries.
 Trump  knows that a strong campaign for Republicans in 2018 will earn them six to 10 Senate seats  while a weak strategy could result in no gain or only one or two new seats.
 President Trump  is also signaling to those who fantasize about a third-party candidate (and this number may grow as the Democratsâ civil war gets more vicious) that  he  will have the resources and the organizational base to totally dominate the general election.
Second   President Trump  is building a new Republican Party  which is much broader than the party that existed when  he  announced  his  candidacy in 2015. The presidentâs new  larger party is the one that carried Pennsylvania  Michigan and Wisconsin in the presidential election â and almost carried Minnesota. It was this larger party that turned Ohio from a competitive battlefield into a Republican landslide.
Americaâs rising prosperity will further broaden and deepen the Republican Party.  Trump  economics will be defined as the economics of more jobs  higher wages  lower taxes  more take-home pay and the vision of a prosperous America as the new normal.
There is one more big reason for  President Trump  announcing  his  re-election now: the 2018 elections.
 The president  knows how big a disaster Rep. Nancy Pelosi  D-Calif.  would be if she moves from her current post as House minority leader to become speaker of the House.  He  has developed a good relationship with Speaker Paul Ryan  R-Wis.  and  he  will go all out to help keep Republican control of the House.
 President Trump  also knows that a strong campaign for Republicans in 2018 will earn them six to 10 Senate seats  while a weak strategy could result in no gain or only one or two new seats.
 President Trump  knows that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  R-Ky.  has had a brutal time dealing with the 51-49 Republican majority in the Senate. Every victory remains a miracle. This is the year when the accident of geography puts a lot of Democratic seats in play. A Republican wave election would do the trick to ensure a long-lasting Republican majority.
Parscale was the digital strategy genius of the 2016 campaign. He built the  Trump  campaignâs huge Facebook system. He helped grow the enormous Twitter following. He was able to analyze  target and track enormous amounts of data.
Parscaleâs targeted data system enabled campaign staff to reach so many people that they routinely turned out thousands at  Trump  rallies with only a few daysâ notice.
These is why President Trumpâs surprises this week were brilliant moves.
[TGT] has once again surprised the national establishment. This week   [TGT]   announced   [TGT]   re-election campaign earlier than any president in history. Simultaneously    [TGT]   announced Brad Parscale would be  his  campaign manager.
Both these moves are a reminder of how intuitive and strategic  Donald J. Trump  is. These qualities are a big part of why  he  was elected to be our 45th president.
First    [TGT] is saying to any potential Republican challengers: âI will crush you.â The amount of money   [TGT]   will raise  the scale of the organization that   [TGT]   will build  and the size of the pro-Trump base will all combine to make the possibility of a viable Republican challenger an absurdity. Someone can run  but he or she will never survive the first round of primaries.
  [TGT] knows that a strong campaign for Republicans in 2018 will earn them six to 10 Senate seats  while a weak strategy could result in no gain or only one or two new seats.
  [TGT] is also signaling to those who fantasize about a third-party candidate (and this number may grow as the Democratsâ civil war gets more vicious) that   [TGT]   will have the resources and the organizational base to totally dominate the general election.
Second    [TGT] is building a new Republican Party  which is much broader than the party that existed when   [TGT]   announced   [TGT]   candidacy in 2015. The presidentâs new  larger party is the one that carried Pennsylvania  Michigan and Wisconsin in the presidential election â and almost carried Minnesota. It was this larger party that turned Ohio from a competitive battlefield into a Republican landslide.
Americaâs rising prosperity will further broaden and deepen the Republican Party.   [TGT]   economics will be defined as the economics of more jobs  higher wages  lower taxes  more take-home pay and the vision of a prosperous America as the new normal.
There is one more big reason for   [TGT] announcing   [TGT]   re-election now: the 2018 elections.
  [TGT] knows how big a disaster Rep. Nancy Pelosi  D-Calif.  would be if she moves from her current post as House minority leader to become speaker of the House.  He  has developed a good relationship with Speaker Paul Ryan  R-Wis.  and  he  will go all out to help keep Republican control of the House.
  [TGT] also knows that a strong campaign for Republicans in 2018 will earn them six to 10 Senate seats  while a weak strategy could result in no gain or only one or two new seats.
  [TGT] knows that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  R-Ky.  has had a brutal time dealing with the 51-49 Republican majority in the Senate. Every victory remains a miracle. This is the year when the accident of geography puts a lot of Democratic seats in play. A Republican wave election would do the trick to ensure a long-lasting Republican majority.
Parscale was the digital strategy genius of the 2016 campaign. He built the   [TGT]   campaignâs huge Facebook system.  [TGT]  helped grow the enormous Twitter following.  [TGT]  was able to analyze  target and track enormous amounts of data.
Parscaleâs targeted data system enabled campaign staff to reach so many people that they routinely turned out thousands at   [TGT]   rallies with only a few daysâ notice.
These is why President Trumpâs surprises this week were brilliant moves.