I am thinking Trump is done. Over with. OLD news.

[Kajun Gal]

May be the current president, but I do believe no one pays him any mind anymore. What a waste of a so called manboy. Piece of shit.

[Downtown Hound]

1. He's a dead man walking for sure

But the ugliness he has tapped into will be around long after he's gone. The fight has just begun.

[Kajun Gal]

7. It's just sickening.

[Blue_true]

15. You are right that it will be a fight.

He has caused hatred to unhide. African-Americans and Asians had him pegged from the get go, Hispanics finally seem to be getting a better clue. The problem is White people, but, White people that are decent now know what their neighbor, relative, boss, coworker is like because Trump gave the ones that are ugly license to come out with their hatred. The question is what will those decent White people do, will they continue to vote with the racists and haters, or will they say, enough!!!

[malaise]

2. I think he's lost the military

Everyone is sick of him

[Golden Raisin]

23. I can't imagine the career Intelligence Officials

at the FBI and CIA aren't totally fed up. He's publicly scornful, rude and disdainful to them and ignores or belittles their briefings. And they, along with the IRS, must have PLENTY of ammunition/dirt on him.

[malaise]

33. That's why I know he is going down n/t

[uponit7771]

37. +1

[Garrett78]

3. If only. He still has a substantial cult following.

His approval rating has been steadier than that of any of his predecessors. It's stunning, actually, to see how relatively straight his line is compared to others: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

Low, yes, but incredibly steady.

[Jarqui]

8. It is because the source of news is so fractured

That steady group never sees what we do because they're reading conservative newspapers, on conservative news sites or watching conservative news channels.

I think him snubbing the vets in France and Arlington, going after McRaven, etc eventually get through to some of these people.

Reality will probably set in with the GOP when they evaluate his chances of winning in 2020. Then they can vote to impeach him "hey, he lied to us too!. We're part of the solution to get rid of him". ... At that point, they don't have much more to lose and everything to gain.

[Garrett78]

13. I think they'll just suffer losses in the short-term rather than alienate the base.

At some point we'll see Trump 2.0, a demagogue who is more politically savvy, intelligent and charismatic. We better be prepared.

Even in the short-term, our tyranny of the minority system helps them mitigate the damage (for instance, taking back the Senate in 2020 will be a tall order--hopefully turnout for Dems will be record-breaking and we can get to at least a 50-50 split). And then there's gerrymandering and voter suppression.

[Jarqui]

16. That base is shrinking

Some are dying off.
Others are being overtaken by demographics

The GOP as we presently know it is dying. The only question now is when.

[Garrett78]

21. Party affiliation has remained steady:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

And Trump, as awful as he is, still has an approval rating of around 40%.

I don't think the Republican Party is going anywhere anytime soon. There are a lot of states without metro areas substantial enough for us to make them competitive.

[Jarqui]

35. I think it can survive in name but not in their positions

Texas demographics (as are a number of states) are shifting.

When those Latinos watching FOX news in Texas find out what is really going on and as the demographics for Latinos increases over whites, Texas stops becoming a reliably red state without major changes in policy. Trump's policies are turning a generation of Latinos against the Republicans. Without Texas electoral votes along with California and New York blue, it becomes almost impossible for a Republican to be president and get any legislation past the president.

Republicans know this. They're clinging to power for their ignorant or racist white constituents as long as they can. But in the next 10 to 20 years, things are going to look a lot different. Even with Citizens United, gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc, the present Republican policies cannot survive and won't.

[LeftInTX]

40. It's gonna be awhile.

Although the Latino population is currently almost 50%, voting eligible is only 20% of the population.

New eligible voters are from children who turn 18.

It is difficult to attain citizenship via immigration.

[helpisontheway]

34. Exactly!! Whenever I go to the military hospital

they only have Fox News on every tv. When I go to the gym on base Fox is the only “news” option. They have several TVs with Fox and then a couple random local channels.

[Blue_true]

9. People who dismiss him are making a mistake.

He will lose a lot of his base only if they see that he is stark raving insane and fall down to chew the carpet while barking like a dog. BUT, those are the same people who voted overwhelmingly for a dead pimp almost two weeks after he died, so I would not put anything past them.

[Garrett78]

30. I think the only way he would lose many of his supporters is if he did a 180 on civil rights.

If he suddenly came out in favor of Black Lives Matter, feminism, gay rights and so on, he'd lose his base.

But barking like a dog, swearing allegiance to Mother Russia and then falling down and chewing on the carpet before sucking his thumb in the fetal position wouldn't do the trick. Hell, he could murder someone in broad daylight on 5th Avenue and not lose a supporter.

[uponit7771]

38. +1, I've been saying for years he'll lose his base only if he shows empathy towards brown people...

... aka the "threat" to his base.

After years of telling his base "the brown people are coming" they'd see it as a true betrayal if he turned around and tried to help any of the aforementioned enemy

[libdem4life]

17. I take some heart that when all is said and done,

the tally of all the new voters: young, minority, LGBT, women, ex-felons etc. are in, their approval percentage will fall, even if the numbers do not change.

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. You are right on. Sadly. nt

[Peace06]

29. Approval rating

He probably has those numbers rigged too.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Not Rigged, But I Believe Misleading

There ares still scads of people who aren't really paying that much attention that see their job is not under threat of being eliminated, the markets haven't tanked (although mostly flat), and they haven't been personally affected in a negative way.

So, they have always been Rs and don't see any problem. That does not, however, make them cultists. Just a bit oblivious.

The one glaring number is the "strongly disapprove" number which is VERY high, and consistently so.

It won't take a lot of economic issues, or a GOP plan going sideways to get some of that "sure, i'll approve, why not" crowd to shift some.

Now, 25% are intractable, and even armageddon wouldn't change their mind.

[uponit7771]

39. +1

[unblock]

4. I said a month ago we should call him a lame duck as soon as the elections are over.

[Ilsa]

5. After his comments on McRaven, I wonder

if he is hoping he can leave the job, somehow, because of low approval. He certainly isn't making friends with the general public to try and sway justice after the indictments come.

[malaise]

10. The military are not amused about that border stunt

The. End is nigh

[Ilsa]

14. I'm hoping they laugh at him, then

Turn on him. He's a traitor, and abusing the military makes everyone less safe.

[malaise]

32. Laughter and ridicule are the best tools

to deal with this idiot

[enough]

6. This is exactly when the dismantling of government really gets going,

right when we think Trump is over with. All of that keeps right on going, no matter what we think is happening to Trump. They are not stopping.

[VOX]

12. THIS.

Absolute truth.

[VOX]

11. He is still a very busy destroying democracy while Republicans remain silent.

Yes, I agree that his flame is dimming, but his very presence is a continuing subversion of democracy. He has broken so many laws, norms and systems that pundits have lost count, and yet he remains the freest person in America, spreading his horrible “ideas” over social media, making eye-poppingly false claims, and telling lies so obviously that a 5-year-old could detect it.

The most sobering thought is this: in other countries where democracy gave way to autocracy, a clean return to democracy is difficult; the political landscape changed in such a way that a Herculean effort was required to shore up the damage.

Until he is completely out of the White House, Trump is pure poison.

[libdem4life]

18. In Mueller and Schiff we trust. n/t

[USALiberal]

19. Predicted weekly yet nothing happens. nt

[UniteFightBack]

20. Yes it's sad that the fake prez of the US of A is irrelevant. nt

[Quixote1818]

22. Every day it a train wreck

It's just a matter of how many cars went off the rails each day.

[UTUSN]

24. Well, I wish he were gone, but agree that: Why should/does anybody *listen* to whatever he says?!

It's all b.s., all lies, the jerk doesn't have a thought in his head - why does anybody like Chris WALLACE pretend to "interview" him with questions about anything?

[calguy]

25. When your only tool is a hammer

Every problem looks like a nail. America is tired of being a box of nails.

[wasupaloopa]

26. It would be nice if every story on cable news wasn't about trump

[Turbineguy]

27. Good.

But I guess some patience is still required.

[Poiuyt]

31. He is NOT done

Trump has tapped into all the hate in this country and will continue to be the face of that hatred. I see Trumpism continuing after he is out of office, and Trump will be the leader of fascists, racists, bigots, homophobes, nationalists, xenophobes, neo-nazis, and KKK members around the country and around the world.

What have we unleashed on the world?

[raccoon]

41. WE unleashed? Who is we? Some of us hated him from the get go. nt

[Poiuyt]

42. Sorry. I meant "we" as in America

Even though neither of us voted for trump, on the world stage, we're all seen as Americans with trump as our president.

[raccoon]

43. I'm afraid so. Just like all the Germans who didn't vote for

Adolf, they still got tarred with the same brush as those who did vote for him.