It’s so nice that Donald loves numbers, isn’t it? He’s always bragging how he’s going to bring down the cost of prescriptions by 800% or 1,000% — which I guess means you will not only pay nothing for the prescription but the pharmacist will hand you a nice big check on top of it all, right? Maybe Donald can figure out a way to spin these numbers. Because these numbers are baaaad. We mean sheep-howlingly baaaaad. Badder than this it just doesn’t get — until next week friends, same bat-poll, same bat-channel, when we expect yet another dive in Trump’s figures. The Economist:
Using YouGov’s data, The Economist has projected Mr Trump’s approval rating state by state. As you might expect, approval of Mr Trump is lowest in states that tend to vote for Democrats and highest in those that tend to vote for Republicans. Mr Trump’s voters still overwhelmingly approve of his performance as president. But the projection also shows how dissatisfaction with Mr Trump is widespread even in states that voted for him just a few months ago. The numbers will make anxious reading for Republicans facing competitive races in next year’s midterm elections.
Americans are not just disappointed with Mr Trump’s handling of bread-and-butter issues such as inflation and the economy. They also don’t like the way he deals with issues that were central to his appeal, like immigration and crime. That has not stopped him from vigorously enacting his policies. On this page The Economist is tracking Americans’ opinions week by week, throughout the presidency.
Mr Trump was re-elected on a wave of economic pessimism, telling voters that “incomes will skyrocket, inflation will vanish completely, jobs will come roaring back and the middle class will prosper like never, ever before” during his second term. So far they have been disappointed. Ratings of his handling of the economy and inflation were net positive shortly after his inauguration. They have since fallen to strongly negative in the wake of his declarations of trade war and the ensuing response of investors. YouGov’s data also suggest Americans now disapprove of his handling of immigration, another issue central to his re-election.
And the big question is, will anxious reading lead to things like what the Department of Justice is threatening, which is “monitoring” election officials? And in California, at least, the governor has promised that in that eventuality he will monitor the monitors.
I fear for the 2026 election. But then I have feared every election since 2016. Fear is actually a good thing if you use it as an ally and don’t let it overwhelm you. Yes, we are all hearing that the Republicans intend to pull some kind of a whammy to where the 2026 midterm elections do not take place and we live in a fascist state where Trump is king until they carry him out feet first.
In certain ways, this is as grandiose as Trump’s claims that he’s going to settle the war in Ukaine in one day. The war is a big, complex issue. So is a midterm election. And I’m not saying that they won’t try. But I am saying very clearly that this will be closer to the 2022 midterms than any other. Remember that? We were waiting for the “red tsunami” and we got barely a pink trickle? In the desert?
One thing we know about the GOP, grandiosity is in their DNA. And never more so than when they are on the verge of losing. Bigly. Trump doesn’t care. It’s all the same to him. But the GOP better figure out a way to get some distance from Trump or it will be paying quite the high sticker price for a guy that they can no longer use for anything.
Trump is evil. He’s the very personification of the devil. Those who get in with him will have their lives destroyed like so many others. Believe me.