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Brent Nyitray's avatar

Most of the complaints about Trump are coming from the chattering classes and are being heard by people who already hate Trump. Red America tuned these folks out long ago. And even if they hear the complaints, Trump voters are so jaded that they won't land anyway.

The only thing that will change that dynamic is if the economy enters a recession (which the Fed is trying to cause) or if tariff-driven inflation becomes so bad it turns Red America against him.

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Larry Schweikart's avatar

Some realities:

1) Trump is soaring. Anyome still invoking polls is living in the 20th century.

2) Ds hit 19% approval & are still falling because it is clear to the public they hste America and her institutions.

3) Voter registration shifts COMPLETELY refute polls. Virtually universal in their direction. (PA Ds lost more, down to sn active voter lead of 73,000 in PA---where they led by 1.1 m in 2016.

4) Ds right now---I mean today---are in a historical place, that of the Federalists in 1815, headed for extinction. This collapse is one of the 4 niggest stories of the 21st century, and "Trump's down" stories are not only wrong but accelerate that decline

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