Why This Could Be Different

[DonViejo]

July 16, 2018 at 2:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

It’s impossible to know how President Trump’s disastrous news conference with Vladimir Putin today in Helsinki will impact his approval rating or the upcoming midterm elections.

In one way, this seems little different than previous controversies. When Trump criticized Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for being captured in Vietnam or blamed “both sides” for the racist violence in Charlottesville, neither incident seemed to matter after a few days. Trump’s approval rate, while still historically low, has been extremely steady. But in another way, Trump performance completely undermines the idea that he’s is a tough president. Everything we saw today — from his body language to his words — suggests he’s deferential to Putin. He actually seemed scared of him.

We’ve heard regularly from pollsters that Trump supporters don’t like his bad behavior or crazy tweets, but they still think he’s tough and fighting for them. They believe he’s going to “make America great again.” Those attributes are fundamental to his appeal.

Trump may have undermined more than the country today. He may have also undermined his support.

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/16/why-this-could-be-different/

[JHan]

1. I wish. It may alarm some but his core base will love it.

Infowars - which Zuckerberg still doesn't see fit to banish from his platform - thanked Russia for interfering in the elections. The last pew research poll I saw showed rising support for Putin among Republicans ( I think it was at 34% last I checked)

It's amazing how tribalism can warp the mind and shut out cognitive dissonance. For many of them, Trump pissing off the libs is worth it:

[unblock]

2. except shrub was as non-alpha as you can get and he did fine with republicans.

he was so non-alpha that he actually jumped, startled, when al gore casually walked over towards him during one of the debates, even though that was a widely predicted and normal thing to happen, a standard presidential debate move to highlight al gore's height.

i thought for sure that would cost shrub, but the media actually turned on al gore for invading shrub's space (the same media that widely predicted he would do exactly what he did).

cheney rolled all over him throughout his administration as well.

republicans don't care, they're loyal to the top dog no matter what.

[lsewpershad]

3. Russia if you're listening

if you have the pee tape we (all Americans) would love to see it.