Trump has made our politics ridiculous - By E.J. Dionne Jr.
The most corrosive aspect of Donald Trumps presidency is its rousing success in making our politics ridiculous.
The political class (yes, including columnists) is obsessed with his most unnerving statements, especially on Twitter. These are analyzed as if they were tablets from heaven or the learned pronouncements of a wise elder.
Various kinds of strategic genius are ascribed to Trump. Hes getting us to focus on this because he doesnt want us to focus on that . Hes shifting attention away from a Republican health-care bill that breaks a litany of his campaign vows. Maybe he posted that video of his imagined wrestling match with the CNN logo because he realized that in attacking MSNBCs Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, he strayed from his central, anti-CNN message.
No matter how idiotic one of his tweets might be, there will always be commentators who see it as a shrewd way to charm his base. Although Trumps core supporters constitute a static or even shrinking minority, the punditry often endows them with a hallowed status enjoyed by no other demographic.
Anyone who doesnt get Trumps appeal is said to live in a bubble. This means that a substantial majority of Americans are bubble dwellers, because Trumps disapproval ratings have been hovering between 54 and 60 percent in Gallups most recent surveys.
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