Which came first: The rotten polls or the raving?

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Jennifer Rubin

President Trump seems to have taken his paranoia to a whole new level. He has reverted to accusing President Barack Obama of some unexplained crime. And he stalked out of a White House press appearance on Monday following confrontations with two female reporters. (Notice it’s the women who really get under his skin and flummox him.)

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One major reason for his break from reality could well be his rotten polling and growing, unavoidable evidence that his reelection campaign is in deep trouble. The New York Times reports that Trump’s failed response to the pandemic has “cost President Trump support from one of his most crucial constituencies: America’s seniors.”

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So which came first: Trump’s accelerating emotional tailspin or the terrible polling, leading to heightened concern that he is heading for defeat? Actually, both have their origin in the undeniable reality that Trump has utterly failed to combat the worst domestic crisis in a hundred years. To the contrary, his penchant for denying unpleasant facts, aversion to experts, self-absorption, dearth of empathy and utter incompetence allowed the virus to fester and spread. His fixation on “opening” the economy while the pandemic is still raging as a means to boost the markets and his reelection prospects has only made matters worse.

As protesters, energized by his message, take to the streets and red-state governors foolishly follow his lead to open prematurely, new data suggest the virus is surging in red America as coastal blue states push their own infection rates down. The new hot spots are in states such as Alabama, Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Tennessee. The Trump approach is killing those in his strongest base of support. No wonder his temper tantrums have become more intense.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/12/which-came-first-rotten-polls-or-raving/

[Dan]

1. And throw in the cases before the SCOTUS

Suspect that has his butt muscles tight.

[yonder]

2. Darn tootin'. Right now, that is probably on the top of his list.

He can forget Covid deaths and other things but anything that has the potential to make him look bad and a loser....well, that's got to be eating him from inside out.

[napi21]

3. I'm going to say something I shouldn't but at this poit I don't GAS how nuch slamming I have to

endure, I'm saying it anyway. The post says Red States #'s are going up while Blue State America #'s are going down. We;; that's just fine with me. If you want to risk your life to get on the DT wagon, go right ahead. I figure that'll be that many less trumpers not voting in November! I feel quite sure if someone is that taken by DT's wishes, they're willing to die for him. Frightening situation for sure.

[safeinOhio]

4. The more pressure,

the deeper he digs.