Unfortunately, this is âfake newsâ peppered with alternative-facts according to Mendacity SpiceâŚ
Maybe a few congress critters will get itâŚ
Trump
âPolls show that everyone is thinking about me every minute of every day. They didnât think about Obama that much.â
Polls are one thing, resistance is another. Liking this, the t-party showed the way: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/protest-movement-republicans-234863
Only 27 percent of respondents said the order was well executedâŚ
Thereâs that pesky number again. Anyone remember this golden oldie?
One poll they did not show was whether or not you wanted Trump impeached. It was a tie at 46%. Some may think that is bad news but lets remember it took until Aug 74 before Nixon had to resign and as early as March he was still in majority support area. After only 4 weeks this is extremely bad news for Trump. The poll showed the only thing saving Trump from majority impeachment was the thought of having Pence as President. Suck on that for a while, Republicans.
Looking at these polls I see what people favor, but they all seem irrelevant. What does the Electoral College want?
These are bad numbers for DT, but not that out of line with pre-election views. People werenât in favor of scrapping Obamacare prior to 11/8. People werenât in favor of mass deportation or muslim bans prior to 11/8. People were not in favor of the wall prior to 11/8, and were definitely not in favor of US taxpayers paying for it.
Whatâs happening is that protests are pushing the house built on a foundation of nonsense to collapse. Trump is focusing on issues that were not popular to begin with, and made the situation worse due to his poor management skills and #theresistanceâs ability to make him and the GOP pay a price for it. As Josh said in his editorial the other day, Trump lacks the skills and temperament to be a good executive, so youâre really not going to see that much from him. The agenda is going to have to be driven by Congress with his acquiescence and itâs not clear that he is totally on board with O-Care repeal. He seems to leaning towards keeping it in place with some pro-corporate adjustment (which is what I expect a President Romney would have done).
I think Trump ends up getting some some tax cuts, some pro-corporate stuff and nothing else. Again, thatâs what I would expect any Republican to do.
Sadly, when the respondents were limited to Trump supporters, the findings were predictably delusional and quite alarming, including a majority (51%) who said that Trump should be able to overturn rulings by the judiciary.
Any relation to the David Duke voter?
Iâve not been in the camp that Trump would leave before his term ends because I think he loves the campaigning too much; he needs to stay in office to avoid prosecution; and he can use the WH to help finance his businesses. However, my views on this are beginning to soften post-9th Circuit decision. The Courts sent a message that any action he takes for âlawn orderâ, against voting rights or to defend against âterraâ will be scrutinized. That constrains him from going full Nazi.
Internationally, trust in the US has collapsed precipitously. No one will join Trump on any misadventure. Even Vladimir is going to keep him out of Iran. He folded like a cheap suit to China. He neutered US foreign policy in Asia. Weâve never had anyone this feeble since Harding. Thatâs going to constrain his options internationally.
Domestically, he has absolutely no appetite or attention span for detail or legislation. If it canât be done by EO, heâs not interested. I donât think heâs that keen on ripping up Obamacare. I think he will have a hard time selling the wall. I think heâll just do a few big tax cuts, wipe out some corporate regs + Dodd/Frank, blow up the deficit and call it a day. The legislative drive will have to come from Ryan, and I think Dems can stymie much of it and make him pay a price.
Also, the vote your wallet campaigns are harming Trumpâs ability to profit off of being in the WH. It may be more trouble than it is worth. Still, Jared seems pretty good at getting deals done, so that might keep him around.
Overall though, itâs quite possible that he gets more and more frustrated with the inability to do as he wishes when he wishes to do it. That could push him to want to quit. Weâll know if there is such an inflection point post ACA and GOP budget debate.
Scary but thatâs all Iâve heard this week. They honestly believe he should be able to do whatever he wants.
We were talking about the Ivanka Tweet last night and my cousin is like Trump should order the IRS to go after Nordstrom because that was a political attack.
They really have no concept of checks/balances or ethics/morals/constitution.
And all the while Muzak piped in to Executive Branch offices plays âSquabble With Muslimsâ on a continuous loop.
These polls may be helpful for general election purposes in 2020, but I think the key is what do self-identified Republicans think? Members of Congress seem to only care about what will or will not get them re-elected (they are not really âAmerica Firstâ they are âParty Firstâ). Gerrymandering has made many of them completely unconcerned with what anyone but Râs think. Right now they are afraid to oppose any policy Trump is for because Trump is still polling high with Râs. I want to know when Trump and Trump policies start to lose the support of Râs - then you will see Congressional Republicans start to publicly push back - maybe even work with Dâs on things that are good for country, but not necessarily good for Trump. In the meantime, Dâs would be well served to keep grassroots organizing. Taking the Senate or House back in 2018 is almost impossible (House maybe even harder than Senate), but if there was say a 10 seat swing in the House things would change fast.
Excellent post and I agree 100%. Trump is losing interest already and will continue to flounder and bleed support across the world. We might be better off with him in office than taking a chance on the slimy christo fascist Pence.
27% is where bush bottomed out, callâem the true believers
I have decided to completely discount anything a Trump supporter says. You can not reason with them. You can not have an exchange of ideas because they have only talking points. They have wrought the disaster we are living with right now and it will get worse as time goes on. I donât feel I owe Trump supporters my time or my attention. The predicted recession is coming and it will hit his supporters the hardest. Of course, I am lucky in that I do not have close family members or friends who support Trump. I realize things could be different then.
Five Charts With Some Bad News For Trump Policies
More like âFive Stupidly Wide Bar Graphs with Inconsistent, Non-Intuitive Increments on the Y-Axis, None of Which Add Anything at All to the Accompanying Numbers, with Some Bad News for Trump Policiesâ
Whiter whites and a fresh, clean scent.