Member-only story
Trump Explains, Sensibly And Clearly, Why He Will Never Risk Offending His Base Even A Little
“With all the things I’ve done, they’ve never wavered…Anybody else they’d be down to 2% right now…And we just had our best: 51% and 54%”
He’s talking about his approval ratings, which haven’t blipped up hardly at all since the Barr summation of the Mueller report came out, except for his favorite Rasmussen poll which did have him at 51% on April Fool’s Day. Still, his point is solid even if his approval from a combination of major polls across-the-board sits at around 42%. As he himself appears to be saying, with the way he’s behaved, it should be a lot less.
The President loves to relive the night he beat Hillary Clinton back in 2016. He’s done it at great length and in great detail at almost every rally. But at a gathering of the National Republican Congressional Committee last night, he took a slightly different tack, focusing instead on how he’s going to win in 2020. And you might’ve guessed: it’s all about playing to and further solidifying his base. And Trump’s realization seems to be this: his voters are looking for specific policy, based on making them feel that he’s looking out for their personal security. Whether they like him as a person or not, even if they…