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Trump is now the most powerful head of state in the world, and one of the most impulsive, arrogant, ignorant, disorganised, chaotic, nihilistic, self-contradictory, self-important, and self-serving.”
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Counting tamer four-letter words like ‘damn’ and ‘hell,’ he has cursed in public at least 1,787 times in 2024,
Baker wroteHis speeches have grown coarser and coarser,
wrote veteran White House watcher Peter Baker, who dubs him “the profanity president”.As we all age, we lose sharpness and revert to base instincts,
they notedI think people forget that Trump now has been running for office for close to 10 years, and Trump is more popular than he’s ever been, and he’s very well known,
Keady said
The social stigma is coming off because he’s very well known in the public, and he hasn’t changed,
Jimmy Keady, a national Republican political consultant, told the Washington ExaminerYou’ve never had a president who’s run, won, lost, and then run again in recent memory,
said Keady, the Republican consultant
I wish the Democrats would think a little more carefully when they talk about MAGA, you know?”
Dimon said during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SwitzerlandI do not believe there was a silent Trump voter,
said Wallin, the GOP pollster, who acknowledgedThe easiest way to evidence that is to look at the pretty dramatic shifts in support for Trump amongst demographics that the educated punditry would say, you’re never going to see Trump voters there,
Justin Wallin, a GOP pollster, told the Washington ExaminerJust take a step back, be honest. He’s kind of right about NATO. Kind of right about immigration. He grew the economy quite well,
Dimon said of TrumpWe’re seeing more handmade Trump signs. We’re seeing more Trump 2024 flags. We’re seeing boat rallies once again,
a former senior Trump White House official told the Washington ExaminerIt does help that he’s done as well as he has in the polls, where [voters] don’t think that they’re agreeing with 40% of the nation, they believe that they are agreeing with 50% of the nation, more or less,
the former official saidThey can be bolder for Donald Trump and speak out in their community and in their churches and in their place of business and not be afraid that it’s such a minority position that they’ll get ridiculed,
the former official addedThe public polls are working with these structural challenges with online polling that they’re trying to find workarounds with,
he saidAnd if you cry, we're going to come back in here and do this again."
When finished, she said
If you oppose him, he takes you out, he purges you,
MacWilliams, an expert on authoritarianism, says of Trump's internal opponents
I can only say, it's been the experience of a lifetime for a lot of us,
said Trump, the televangelist in the analogy
For the traditional Republican audience, they've either fallen in line, or they are like the Cheneys [Dick and Liz] – traditional 'Reagan Republicans.' They reject Trump, because Trump has already rejected everything Reagan stood for,
Rowland said
Trump appeals to an audience that's very uncomfortable with the pace of social change,
says Robert Rowland, a specialist in political communication at the University of Kansas