The Political Genius of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is presiding over one of the worst calamities to befall the nation in living memory, and anyone who has followed his response since the coronavirus morphed from a worrisome outbreak in a Chinese province into a global pandemic knows the truth: Trumps response has been disastrous. Its no wonder that just a couple of weeks ago, a writer in this magazine concluded that the Trump presidency is over.
It seemed reasonable, logical. But once the polls started coming in, it turned out the American publicat least for nowdisagrees. Despite his well-documented incompetence and lies, Trump is now enjoying some of the highest approval ratings of his presidency. Even more baffling, a majority of Americansas many as 60 percent in one pollthink hes doing a good job tackling the crisis.
Give the president his due: Trump is a genius. He is a master manipulator, a political alchemist capable of transmuting calamitous errors into political gold. Even as he continues to lie and deceive, the president has seized control of the narrative, taking possession of the national microphone to saturate the public with his self-serving version of events.
Give the president his due: Trump is a genius. He is a master manipulator, a political alchemist capable of transmuting calamitous errors into political gold. Even as he continues to lie and deceive, the president has seized control of the narrative, taking possession of the national microphone to saturate the public with his self-serving version of events.
And its working.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/trump-genius/609142/
CatMor
(6,212 posts)he is a con man and all you need for that is no conscience. Eventually con men get caught.
We all need to hear how wonderful maggot is.
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But Biden looks strong in the election polls.
I expect that when tens of thousands start dying in red states, his poll numbers will change.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)I suggest you read the Boston Globe's editorial today.