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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump's disapproval rating among Americans is skyrocketing. [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,633 posts)23. Their current line -
Last edited Sun Feb 12, 2017, 11:31 PM - Edit history (1)
is that Trump is failing, not becuase he is incompetent, but that because his staff and the Republican party, have failed him. They didn't properly explain how government works, didn't explain what he was signing, etc. I've heard it from enough sources that I'm pretty sure that's the save-face line du jour.
Case in point:
Ruddy went on to detail his critique of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus: Its my view that Reince is the problem. I think on paper Reince looked good as the chief of staff and Donald trusted him but its pretty clear the guy is in way over his head. Hes not knowledgeable of how federal agencies work, how the communications operations work. He botched this whole immigration rollout. This shouldve been a win for Donald, not two or three weeks of negative publicity........................
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/12/trump-friend-says-priebus-is-in-way-over-his-head/?utm_term=.192963178a99
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Donald Trump's disapproval rating among Americans is skyrocketing. [View all]
stevenleser
Feb 2017
OP
This may be OT but let's not forget that the reason Obama's negatives spiked in November 2014 was
StevieM
Feb 2017
#8
Yep, this level already is complete poison to them and it's going to get worse.
stevenleser
Feb 2017
#36