This is correct. The president said the same thing in so many word. He was asked to comment/condemn Tucker. He declined. He said Tucker’s job is to interview people. The president understands that controversial people drive up the interviewer’s rating. He understands that all press coverage whether good or bad is good for a podcaster.
I’ve started watching Rassmussen lately. He’s a pollster. What its about is that Trump is the last hurrah of the boomers. The under 40 republicans are not really conservative.
What Rassmussen calls the “Overton Window” is shifting leftward.
There’s a generational change going on.
My only quibble with your otherwise excellent post is the notion that the shift is “leftward”.
The political spectrum is a little more complex than that.
I would say that young people don’t like the middle that defends the status quo—that does not make them “left” or “right”. They want radical change in some direction—and will support candidates that offer it to them.
The big institutions have failed them—nothing left to save.
They will not be intimidated by name calling or other attempts by their elders to frame the debate or gatekeep or curate.
“The under 40 republicans are not really conservative.”
Well, that’s a shame. You can’t throw out the periodic table and make up your own chemistry and succeed. In the same way, you can’t just throw out our institutions, start over, and succeed.
There are an infinite number of ways to fail. Not so many ways to succeed. You can selectively build on the past. Starting over from scratch is always a recipe for disaster.