Trump jumped the shark when he threw shade on two of our winners. A stupid and unnecessary act. It feeds into everything his critics say about him. It makes him like an ungracious bully, especially to women. I would vote for him over all of them but he has sabotaged his chances with the women vote so he cannot win a national election IMHO.
It’s not just women. Men I know in RL, manly mature conservative men who have or do run businesses and been successful in their professions, are fed up with Trump, too, all former strong supporters of his.
Real grownup men know there is a time for fighting words and a time to keep one’s council. Grownup men know to give credit where it’s due. How to be a good manager and team player. They are man enough to take blame when they make a mistake or do something foolish.
In his own words, Trump is attacking two allies, two popular governors who just won elections. He’s demanding all credit for all wins, but refusing to take blame for any losses.
I don’t understand football all that well, so please forgive me any errors here, but he’s acting like a junior high quarterback who is enraged because the cute cheerleaders are shaking their pompoms for other team members who just completed a touchdown instead of giving him all the glory. So he attacks his team members — who have said nary a word against him — and demands all credit and attention for himself, while refusing to take responsibility for his own fumbles and unforced errors. It’s not a good look to other *men*.
As Brit Hume once put it, “Trump thinks everything is about him and his critics do too.”