“Trump is proving that he has the metal to endure the attacks and rise above them, using them to his advantage.”
Is he? I figure he’s skating by because no one takes him seriously. Libs use him to make us look foolish, and RINOs use him to scare people away from Birtherism and related heresies. Maybe they should fear him a little, given the case of Ross Perot.
However, I don’t think Trump can manage even that. Which is not to say his xenophobia, protectionism, and imperialism aren’t genuinely popular, at least in a fleeting sense. It’s just that China-bashing is less of the moment than the deficit, inflation, and job growth. Trump is clearly on the wrong side of all that. Unless you take seriosuly his claims that we can simply choke enough money from the globe to cover our largess, and no one does.
Populism is always an option, but it’s gotta be the right sort of populism. Defending Medicare and the stimulus at this point is not a winning formula.
“xenophobia”
“protectionism”
“imperialism” (haven’t heard that one in a while)
“birtherism”
“China-bashing”
Sheesh you left out Yankee Running Dog.
Anti-American freetrade globalist agenda much?...