You underestimate the damage that constantly riling up the base with false stories can do. It's not good for a Republic when something like 30 percent of the adults in this country and maybe more genuinely believe Musk was making a Nazi salute at the inauguration. Sure they called Bush Hitler etc. But no one really meant it then. These people (many of whom I know and used to think were sane) genuinely believe that Trump is going reintroduce the Third Reich. It's not good for the Republic.
Agree that he will be treated unfairly in the same manner by the MSM as are most Republicans, but the difference is that the number of voters who exist within that echo chamber is now the smallest ever and in the great majority of cases they have never and would never support Trump. The rise of alternative media ( including this platform) provides the average at least semi informed voter multiple sources of information, and the legacy MSM media so over-played their hand is attempting to discredit Trump that their credibility is at all time lows. I would guess that among the policies that Trump is committed to implementing , the one where he is most likely to over-play his hand and where there is the most disagreement among his supporters are tariffs, and if they appear to be inflationary he will rightly get blamed for that. I agree with you that the most serious actual and PR problem for him is likely to be something unexpected and for which he and his advisors are unprepared , but I am comforted somewhat by the fact that he has surrounded himself with largely competent and experienced people who will advise him well and that his instincts are correct the great majority of the time, as opposed to Biden who was wrong on almost every major issue, particularly in the foreign policy area, his whole career.
Well stated analysis of what is likely to occur. Trump is a political wrecking ball and his enemies are not going to “learn” so much as they’ll wait for the right moment to strike back. It’ll be big, and lots of media stooges will assist every step of the way.
You underestimate the damage that constantly riling up the base with false stories can do. It's not good for a Republic when something like 30 percent of the adults in this country and maybe more genuinely believe Musk was making a Nazi salute at the inauguration. Sure they called Bush Hitler etc. But no one really meant it then. These people (many of whom I know and used to think were sane) genuinely believe that Trump is going reintroduce the Third Reich. It's not good for the Republic.
Agree that he will be treated unfairly in the same manner by the MSM as are most Republicans, but the difference is that the number of voters who exist within that echo chamber is now the smallest ever and in the great majority of cases they have never and would never support Trump. The rise of alternative media ( including this platform) provides the average at least semi informed voter multiple sources of information, and the legacy MSM media so over-played their hand is attempting to discredit Trump that their credibility is at all time lows. I would guess that among the policies that Trump is committed to implementing , the one where he is most likely to over-play his hand and where there is the most disagreement among his supporters are tariffs, and if they appear to be inflationary he will rightly get blamed for that. I agree with you that the most serious actual and PR problem for him is likely to be something unexpected and for which he and his advisors are unprepared , but I am comforted somewhat by the fact that he has surrounded himself with largely competent and experienced people who will advise him well and that his instincts are correct the great majority of the time, as opposed to Biden who was wrong on almost every major issue, particularly in the foreign policy area, his whole career.
Well stated analysis of what is likely to occur. Trump is a political wrecking ball and his enemies are not going to “learn” so much as they’ll wait for the right moment to strike back. It’ll be big, and lots of media stooges will assist every step of the way.