Good post, yours.
In many ways Trump is unfiltered, just like Patton. Patton had Eisenhower to run interference for him. But Trump has no Ike, no one to keep him within boundaries. Trump needs a wise, and perhaps older, advisor near him.
But there is no such advisor. So we get the good, the bad, and the ugly from Trump. And the ugly is damaging politically.
Not older, just wiser. I have no proof for this, but I wonder if a major reason that his daughter opted out of participating in his second administration was because she may have tried to get him to filter some of the self harming unfiltered statements,etc., that he kept putting out. But he would not stop.
Trump not only hurts himself but all Americans who want conservative America first policies in place. People who consume only the propaganda media have no idea of the long list of outstanding things that Trump has done for Americans. They are instead repeatedly bombarded with his insulting comments. Trump loses another segment of voters each time. Without these lost segments of voters, Republicans will have a more difficult time preserving their majority in the midterms.
Funny thing is ,Patton was right about everything.
And he will NOT get reelected for it!