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Trump’s America


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2018 Jul 2, 9:04am   7,799 views  19 comments

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http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/394934-trump-just-keeps-on-confounding-his-hapless-detractors

“The proof is in a stunning new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll just released and conducted after the family-separation issue exploded along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump now enjoys 47 percent job approval, up 2 points from May. This is remarkable given the constant drumbeat of negative coverage, and it demonstrates yet again his uncanny ability to defy the laws of political gravity. When President Reagan and his policies remained popular in the face of never-ending criticism, he became known as the “Teflon president.” Trump is Teflon on steroids.
Much of his strength is tied to the public’s views on the economy. According to the poll, 69 percent say the economy is “strong,” 58 percent approve of his efforts on job creation, and 57 percent approve of his overall handling of the economy. Perhaps most significantly heading into the 2018 midterm elections, a whopping 68 percent say that their personal economic situation is improving or holding steady. Clearly, voters are experiencing tangible economic benefits as a result of the Trump tax cuts and aggressive deregulation, putting the lie to the Democrats’ sky-will-fall warnings. Given that kitchen-table issues largely drive midterm balloting and Democrats lack a compelling economic message to counter the Trump/GOP successes, Republican candidates are likely to enjoy a significant lift.

Even more striking numbers are evident on immigration. Despite the sound and fury stemming from the recent border controversy, fully 61 percent think current border security is “inadequate,” and when asked if the U.S. should have “open borders” or “secure borders,” a whopping 76 percent want the secure kind.

As for Trump’s cardinal promise to “build the wall,” 60 percent support “a combination of physical and electronic barriers” on the southern border and 69 percent want Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to continue its work and not be abolished — despite the left vilifying it as the Gestapo. In fact, a staggering 70 percent want even stricter enforcement of immigration law. That includes deportations: 64 percent say those who come into the country illegally should be “sent home” rather than “allowed to stay.” That also applies to parents who cross the border illegally with children in tow: 61 percent say they should be sent home.“

Clearly, people support the President at majority levels and his popularity with voters continues to rise. This November the wave may be even more red than I suspected! I’m starting to think Democrats will lose as badly as they did in 2010.

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1   MrMagic   2018 Jul 2, 9:30am  

Quigley says
This is remarkable given the constant drumbeat of negative coverage, and it demonstrates yet again his uncanny ability to defy the laws of political gravity.


Quigley says
This November the wave may be even more red than I suspected! I’m starting to think Democrats will lose as badly as they did in 2010.


How long can the Liberal MSM suppress this?

2   Shaman   2018 Jul 2, 11:46am  

Sniper says
How long can the Liberal MSM suppress this


I think a lot of people have given up on the MSM after several years of blatant bias and horrific reporting that didn’t even try to disguise itself as news.
3   Bd6r   2018 Jul 2, 12:12pm  

At least Trump is not the boring type of professional politician...whichever angle you look at him from
4   marcus   2018 Jul 2, 12:47pm  

Trump is doing a lot of stuff. That looks good to many - he's not just sitting around doing nothing. But once the effects of what he's doing kick in, it will be a different story.

Most of the media is silent about how bad his trade policies are for us, in the hopes that they are wrong ? I don't know. There are economists commenting on the reality of the likely impact.

I still say Trump is only interested in causing inflation. Which is insanely good for him, and might be good (only in some ways) for the federal government with it's trillions in debt.

But you can be sure it's not going to be good for most of us.
5   Y   2018 Jul 2, 12:51pm  

Nah.
From june 16, 2015, to now, It has always been about this...

http://patrick.net/post/1304308/2017-03-25-libbies-babbling-incoherently-as-the-ax-man-cometh

marcus says
I still say Trump is only interested in causing inflation.
6   Goran_K   2018 Jul 2, 12:53pm  

marcus says
But once the effects of what he's doing kick in, it will be a different story.


- Once the US drops out of the Paris Accords, millions will die.
- Once the individual mandate is gone, millions will die.
- But once net neutrality is gone, millions will die.

etc etc

Democrat fear mongering is ineffective. The past 2 years has proven this in spades.
7   Shaman   2018 Jul 2, 3:30pm  

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Democrats haven’t been right in years! That kind of record takes stubborn perseverance!
8   bob2356   2018 Jul 3, 4:57am  

Quigley says

“The proof is in a stunning new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll just released and conducted after the family-separation issue exploded along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump now enjoys 47 percent job approval, up 2 points from May. This is remarkable given the constant drumbeat of negative coverage, and it demonstrates yet again his uncanny ability to defy the laws of political gravity. When President Reagan and his policies remained popular in the face of never-ending criticism, he became known as the “Teflon president.” Trump is Teflon on steroids.
Much of his strength is tied to the public’s views on the economy. According to the poll, 69 percent say the economy is “strong,” 58 percent approve of his efforts on job creation, and 57 percent approve of his overall handling of the economy. Perhaps most significantly heading into the 2018 midterm elections, a whopping 68 percent say that their personal economic situation is improving or holding steady. Clearly, voters are experiencing tang...


Obama had the same numbers, actually mostly better. before trump was elected. Bush had better numbers till he fucked up the economy. WTF? Some serious TDS (trump delusion syndrome) going on.
9   marcus   2018 Jul 3, 5:49am  

Quigley says
Trump’s America





Reality has a way of eventually becoming clear to almost everyone.
10   Shaman   2018 Jul 3, 6:18am  

Obama had help from an adoring press, all of Hollywood, and all the elites of every major city. Why wasn’t his approval rating in the 80s? There aren’t that many absolute racists out there!

Trump has had a battle from even before his confirmation, an overtly hostile press, hostile elites, hostile celebrities, mobs of protesters and Antifa clogging the streets, an ongoing Russia investigation, and more negative coverage than any fifty Presidents before him.

Yet, he rises. And he rises due to the one thing Obama couldn’t do or fake: good governance. People are coming to trust him with the important and relevant business of fixing the economy, the nation’s security, and restoring Justice. Those three pillars are the foundation of any civilization, and Trump is paying careful attention and making good progress on these fronts.

And people are noticing.
It would seem that the fundamentals count for far more than the peripherals, upon which his opposition is LASER-focused.
11   bob2356   2018 Jul 3, 6:34am  

Quigley says
Obama had help from an adoring press, all of Hollywood, and all the elites of every major city. Why wasn’t his approval rating in the 80s? There aren’t that many absolute racists out there!


The adoring press like fox, breitbart, sinclaie murdoch, etc, etc. and the entire kochtapuss libertarian money machine? That kind of adoring press and elites? Oh no, say it aint so joe. ROFLOL.
12   Shaman   2018 Jul 3, 7:19am  

bob2356 says
The adoring press like fox, breitbart, sinclaie murdoch,


I stand corrected. The press wasn’t 100% pro-Obama. It was only 80% pro-Obama. Does that explain why his approval numbers were lower then than Trump’s are now? Those “alternative view” news outlets really wrecked the narrative that much? Interesting point!
13   MrMagic   2018 Jul 3, 8:50am  

marcus says
Reality has a way of eventually becoming clear to almost everyone.


It does to SOME people, others, not so much (the ones listening to Liberal news):




Who's paying the bills again?
14   Goran_K   2018 Jul 3, 10:41am  

RafiMaas says
Not Trump he gave himself a Yuge tax cut.



He gave me one too.

Though you have to actually make income to notice though.
15   MrMagic   2018 Jul 3, 12:21pm  

RafiMaas says
Sniper says
Who's paying the bills again?


Not Trump he gave himself a Yuge tax cut.


Yeah, he ONLY paid $38 MILLION in Federal taxes one year on that tax return that was leaked out by Rachel Maddow.

What a slacker....

Yyuuuggeeeeeeeeeeee
16   MrMagic   2018 Jul 3, 12:23pm  

HEYYOU says
Be careful to not say that in front of the 7 million that are paying more taxes.


That's OK, the other 70 million that got tax cuts will handle them.

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