Look, a lot has happened in the past four months. I'm not going to rehash all the scandals, semi-scandals, possible scandals, reputed scandals and scandals-to-be-seen. This has been a presidency that is, as the Trump fans like to keep pointing out, "unprecedented." Trump and his minions routinely twist the truth to the point where truth seems to have become nothing more than an embarrassing roadblock to an end that no one can really quantify. Trump has insulted nearly all of our allies and remained steadfastly loyal to his "pal" Putin. He has signed Executive Order after Executive Order, despite condemning Obama for signing Executive Orders. He has changed his mind about major issues within moments of issuing strong words of support for those same issues. This is not a man who needs to justify his waffling. He has thrown together a budget proposal that would decimate the very people who voted him into office. He has appointed weird people to head government agencies and his cabinet (the head of Exxon Mobil for Secretary of State? Is that a stab at humor from some alternate universe?)
And on and on and on...
What seems like four years really is just four months, folks, and unless all those investigating entities come up with some fire, it's going to be a very long four years ahead.
Yet, through it all, Donald Trump has remained the most unpopular president in the history of the United States of America. Everyone keeps saying that we are a deeply divided nation, but is that really true? Nearly seventy per cent of Americans are not divided at all--they deeply distrust and dislike and disapprove of this president. Nearly seventy per cent! When was the last time seventy per cent of Americans agreed on anything?
So what's with that other thirty-five per cent, who continue to support Trump and his wacky administration, despite the daily barrage of negative news and revelations? Here's a theory.
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