Ed Kilgore: “One of many nice anomalies of American politics is that Donald Trump, who has been elected to the presidency twice and got here very near victory a 3rd time, has been fairly repeatedly unpopular since he first got here down that New York escalator in 2015…”
“All that is related background for what we’d anticipate now that Trump 2.0 is getting into its first severe tough patch, with a major public backlash towards a poorly executed and nearly instantly suspended federal funding freeze. Upcoming fights over congressional price range choices (which might make the funding-freeze furor look like a low-pressure gown rehearsal), the messy particulars of mass deportation, and Trump’s personal tendency to overreach might all drive his recognition right down to the place it has been for many of his public profession.”
“The query then stays: In his final time period in workplace, does he actually care?”
