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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump has the power to change minds instantly: Favorable view of Canada has dropped from 94% to 66%
This, in fact, is the poignant and quite bonkers script in Trumps head: that the economy was in free-fall until he took office, after which it soared; that he alone has brought black and Hispanic unemployment down; that his administration has accomplished more than any other at this point in its term; that the Democrats colluded with the Kremlin to try to rig the election; that Robert Mueller is a closet Democrat; that climate change is a hoax; that the American-created international trading system was designed to hurt the U.S.; that you can borrow over a trillion dollars in a full employment economy with no consequences in inflation or debt; and that sabotaging the ACA will lead to lower premiums, greater choice, and better health outcomes for all. Each one of these assertions is what he wants to be true. And so they are true. As the chairwoman of the GOP just explained to any skeptics left in the formerly conservative party: Anyone that does not embrace the Donald Trump agenda of making America great again will be making a mistake.
The bad news is that a vast chunk of the American public wants all this to be true as well. If you had any doubts that the GOP is now a cult, this weeks primary results should put them to rest. Republican voters have decided that they will follow their leader no matter what he says, and if that means changing their minds on a dime, so be it. Take Canada. Not so long ago, it was funny to attack our benevolent neighbor to the north. Countless episodes of South Park wouldnt have worked without the baseline of reality that Canada is about as good and boring a neighbor as you can possibly imagine. But Trump has the power to change minds instantly. So in February this year, 94 percent had a favorable view of Canada. Now, only 66 percent have a favorable view, with 13 in opposition and 22 percent suddenly unsure. Only two years ago, free trade was as solid a shibboleth for the GOP as it gets; now, its anathema, even for Larry Kudlow! And watching every Republican senator, apart from McCain, Flake, and Corker (all retiring), stay utterly silent after their president praised a mass-murdering dictator and gave him a global PR coup
well, its no longer surprising, but it should remain shocking.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/trump-is-making-us-all-live-in-his-delusional-reality-show.html
Dan
(3,590 posts)That Miller doesnt whisper in the ear - the idea of Ethnic Cleansing...
BigmanPigman
(51,675 posts)bdamomma
(63,978 posts)Bannon too.
mountain grammy
(26,677 posts)they're with him no matter what.. so NK should have a 34% approval rating by now.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)That's America
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)OR the Stanford prison experience: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
PoorMonger
(844 posts)Are more firmly in thrall of his evil sway more and more each day. Scary
WhiteTara
(29,739 posts)It seems there is no way to connect with them on any level.
C_U_L8R
(45,047 posts)It's like the scum at the bottom of the bottle
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Except that I like kombucha. But the scoby is disgusting.
Cha
(298,139 posts)Yes, kombucha is really good. I don't get it often, but it is a treat when I do get it.
Cha
(298,139 posts)so much cheaper than the other high priced health stores on Kauai.
I like the Gingeraid
ProudLib
applegrove
(118,965 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)applegrove
(118,965 posts)We'll always be Together!
Mahalo for that Vid, apple.. I was interested in seeing Stockard Channing, too.. I 've been watching Seasons of The Good Wife and she's in there.. a little older now. They're all so talented!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)It was what came to mind.
sinkingfeeling
(51,501 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,303 posts)significantly lower.
Cha
(298,139 posts)find that hard to believe.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,122 posts)Those numbers could only be true in a vacuum.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)Who are they polling? How are they conducting their "polls" ... land lines, an on-line poll at some site most people do not frequent? Just sick of polls ...
Codeine
(25,586 posts)applegrove
(118,965 posts)YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)Im glad that number isnt bigger.
Its kinda reassuring that its not more.
The loony base is a majority of Republicans but not nearly enough to win a general election
Kaleva
(36,409 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,586 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Added a rimshot for you. I did laugh, thanks.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)They are his bunch. They don't approach being a majority. We Democrats have to unite and get out the vote. That is what we have to do. We are by far the majority.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)DFW
(54,527 posts)....who will, by the way, go back to being North Korea haters if Rocket Man doesn't do what the Donald wants, will turn on any country Fox Noise tells them to. If Trump hears that a derogatory remark was made about him in Andorra, he'll go on about how evil Andorra is. He may even take the time to find out WHERE it is.
See how many Republicans give up maple syrup. Actually, Canada-hating Republicans are screwed with maple syrup, because if they want to boycott Canadian maple syrup, they are stuck with maple syrup from their other arch-enemies, Vermont and New York.
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)Trump is only a small fraction of it.
Trump controls the base because he controls the right-wing propaganda machine. If Fox, Limbaugh, and WSJ op-ed page break from him, he's toast.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,058 posts)Make sure everyone hears this.