21 November 2017

Self-Sabotage

Politico published a great piece over the weekend (link here) about how Donald Trump's support has been slipping dangerously amongst swing voters in key swing states recently. Those surveyed in the comprehensive study were all Trump voters last year.

But their support has either already soured or is about to if he doesn't shape up. In particular, people reacted negatively to his incessant and strident use of Twitter.

This is not a new phenomenon. Previous surveys have shown people strongly dislike his Twitter use, including a majority of Republicans. Favorability ratings for his tweets are the lowest even for his supporters amongst all the issues about which they were questioned.

Yet Trump continues to do it. Why he does so is anyone's guess, but it almost certainly has to do with his unstable emotional state. He thrives on defying others, even if he knows -- or should know -- that doing so only harms himself. He's like the people who deliberately self-harm with knives and other sharp objects.

Over at The Daily Beast, Matt Davis wrote a good piece yesterday (link here) about how Trump has self-sabotaged with tweets before that have had disastrous results and how he did it again Monday. The why is not known without getting Trump down on a couch, but one thing is clear: this shit isn't helping him at all.

So I say keep it up, Donny. Keep shooting yourself in the foot and kicking yourself in the crotch at the same time. Demagogues usually know how to massage their message, but Trump seems incapable of trying to reach anyone except his hardcore base.

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