Is Trump's Constant Flip-Flopping Costing Him His Base?

DONALD TRUMP HAS APPARENTLY LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE
WEEKS THAT IF YOUR APPROVAL RATINGS GO DOWN, ONE WAY TO
STABILIZE, IF NOT INCH BACKUP, IS TO BEGIN DROPPING BOMBS.
I
WAS WORRIED HE WOULD LEARN THAT LESSON, IT TOOK ABOUT THREE
MONTHS BUT HE SEEMS TO HAVE LEARNED.
BUT HIS NUMBERS ARE
STILL GOING DOWN, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT
MEAN AND HOW HE MIGHT ATTEMPT TO RECOVER AND WHAT THAT WOULD
MEAN.
FIRST WE WANT TO BRING UP THIS CHART, IT'S AN AGGREGATION
OF A LOT OF APPROVAL RATING POLLS, THE BLACK LINE IS
APPROVAL, HE'S NOT DOING TOO GOOD THERE, BUT THERE WAS A
GRADUAL GOING DOWN IN MARCH, JUMP UP A FEW DAYS AGO, WEIRD, I
WONDER WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
THEN IT STARTS GOING DOWN AGAIN,
AND I BELIEVE THAT BARELY INCLUDES POST MOAB APPROVAL
RATINGS.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT EFFECT DROPPING THE LARGEST
NON-NUCLEAR BOMB WE HAVE HAD ON HIS APPROVAL RATINGS.
BUT WHILE
ALL THIS IS GOING ON, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF HIS MOST HIGH
PROFILE WHITE NATIONALIST AND RIGHT-WING SUPPORTERS HAVE
QUESTIONED WHETHER HE'S THE MAN THEY THOUGHT HE WAS.
I WON'T
MENTION ANY NAMES BECAUSE I DESPISE THEM AND I DON'T WANT TO
GIVE THEM PRESS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HESITANT.
THEY
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE A NONINTERVENTIONIST.
SO I'M
WONDERING WITH THAT GOING ON AND HIM POTENTIALLY BOOTING STEVE
BANNON OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE HAVE BEEN RUMBLINGS THAT
JARED KUSHNER IS NOW THE ONE WITH ALL THE INFLUENCE AND THE
NATIONALISTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE LOSING GROUND, WHAT DOES IT
MEAN IF HE HAS TO MAKE THAT ABOUT-FACE?
IF HIS BASE LEAVES
HIM AND HE CAN'T COUNT ON THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO MAGA, MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN?
WHAT MIGHT HE DO
OTHER THAN JUST BOMBING?
HOW DOES HE GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK?
ECSTASY GET THEM BACK?
DOES IT MATTER THAT HE'S LOST THEM?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE COUNTRY EITHER WAY?
IN A POLITICAL WAY THE MIDTERMS ARE PROBABLY THE MOST
SERIOUS THING THAT COULD CHANGE.
IF YOU HAVE AN UNHAPPY BASE THAT
GOES TO THE POLLS AND SINCE SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT OR
COUNTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT IS A POSSIBLE
SCENARIO.
OR SIMPLY STAYS HOME.
THEY COULD STAY HOME AND GIVE US
CONGRESS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
HE IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
JOBS, AND GOOD, HIGH-PAYING, QUALITY JOBS.
AND SO FAR THAT
SEEMS TO BE THIS OTHER THING.
SEPARATE FROM THESE OTHER ISSUES.
THERE IS HEALTHCARE, TAX REFORM, AND THEN THERE IS THIS
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT THAT SEEMS TO BE SUCKING US IN MORE
AND MORE.
BUT I THINK THE FURTHER HE GETS AWAY FROM
STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE THE ECONOMY FOR PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR
HIM, YOU WILL SEE A DISENFRANCHISED BASE THAT
WILL SEND DEMOCRATS OR STAY HOME.
I LOVE IT, BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE IN ON THE CON.
THEY KNOW
THEY'VE BEEN CONNED BY THIS GUY WHO PRETTY MUCH MADE A CAREER
OUT OF CONNING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY.
SO KNOW
ALL THESE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RED HATS, WHICH ARE LIKE
THE BROWNSHIRTS OF OUR DAY, THEY ARE LIKE, HE'S NOT GOING TO DO
ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS HE PROMISED US.
I THINK THEY WILL
STAY HOME FOR THE MIDTERMS, I HOPE THEY DO.
BUT THE MOST
INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS ARTICLE, NINE ULTRANATIONALIST
TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO ARE RAPIDLY LOSING PATIENCE WITH HIS
PRESIDENCY, IT'S LIKE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
THIS IS AWESOME, THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUMP COALITION.
IT'S LIKE TEAM OF
RIVALS MEETS CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES.
HOW MANY IDIOTS CAN WE
GET IN A ROOM TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS?
LET'S MAKE A REALITY TV SHOW, HORRIBLE PRESIDENT.
AND THESE GROUPS DESPISE EACH OTHER, BUT THEY WERE FORCED TO
WORK TOGETHER, NONE OF THEM SEEM TO LIKE EACH OTHER.
IT LOOKS
LIKE THERE IS SORT OF REINCE PRIEBUS, HE'S KIND OF GOING
ALONG WITH BANNON AN JARED KUSHNER BUT HE HAS CLOSER TIES
TO ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE RESISTED THEM ON A FEW
THINGS SINCE THE INAUGURATION -- YOU HAVE STEVE BANNON WHO LOOKS
LIKE HE'S ON THE ELSE, BUT WHO KNOWS -- AND YOU HAVE JARED
KUSHNER.
I THINK EACH OF THOSE THREE IS UNIQUE AND HOW IT WOULD
SCREW US OVER IF THEY HAD HIS EAR, BUT ONE MIGHT BE BETTER
THAN THE OTHERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IF JARED KUSHNER IS
THE ONE TRUMP IS LISTENING TO, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
DOES THAT
MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER?
IF JARED KUSHNER IS NOW IN CHARGE
OF REFORMING GOVERNMENT, MANAGING THE PEACE PROCESS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, DEALING WITH CHINA DIRECTLY -- HE'S 36 AND
HE'S IN CHARGE OF BASICALLY EVERY PRIORITY.
BETTER THAN TRUMP, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
I WOULD TAKE LIKE A
MONKEY IN A HAT OVER DONALD TRUMP NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA.
SO
JARED KUSHNER, IS HE BETTER THAN THAT?
THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS
ARTICLE IS THEY ARE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER, AMPLIFYING THE
DISCORD, WHICH MEANS THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING
ACCOMPLISHED.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY SHOVE OUT BANNON BECAUSE HE'S
THE MOST DANGEROUS PERSON POTENTIALLY RIGHT NOW, HE THINKS
WE ARE IN FOR A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THIS MOMENT IS
WHERE WE HAVE THE FOURTH TURNING, SOME THEORY HE BELIEVES
IN, GOOGLE IT, AND IT WILL END CIVILIZATION AND THERE'S THIS
GREAT 80 YEAR CYCLE THAT WILL BE MET -- THIS GUY IS ROOTING FOR
WORLD WAR.
I THINK ANYTHING THAT GETS RID OF BANNON IS A GOOD
THING, BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FIGHTING A
TWO FRONT WAR, THEY ARE FIGHTING THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND NOW THEIR
BASE IS FLEEING THEM FOR BREAKING FROM HIS. AND ONCE YOU
HAVE A TWO FRONT WAR YOU'RE IN FOR SOME DEEP TROUBLE.
THE QUESTION IS WILL HE TRY TO REEL ONE BACK IN, WHICH WOULD BE
EASIEST?
TO CONSIGN SOME BILLS THAT ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS
WOULD BE FANS OF, I THINK THEY WILL AGREE ON TAX REFORM.
EVERYONE SAYS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT -- I THINK THERE ARE
SOME PRINCIPLES THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A FOR A
LONG TIME THAT HE SUPPORTS.
BUT I THINK THE WILD CARD IN ALL
THIS -- DROPPING BOMBS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SYRIA IS ONE
THING, BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS A BIG
TERROR ATTACK INSIDE THE U.S. AND I THINK HOW HE RESPONDS TO
THAT AND HOW HE AND PERHAPS BANNON TRY TO USE THAT COULD BE
HORRIFYING, WHAT LEGISLATION IS PASSED IN THE WAKE OF IT --
REMEMBER 9/11 -- BIG CHANGES CAN HAPPEN IN THE WAKE OF A TERROR
ATTACK.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT POLITICALLY THAT'S A
SCARY TIME AND HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REEL THE FAR RIGHT BACK IN BY
CLAMPING DOWN ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THEN.

Is Trump's Constant Flip-Flopping Costing Him His Base?

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