(Trump on the telephone via speakerphone in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Win McNamee, via Getty Images.) Excerpts from Bob Woodward’s new book, “Rage” started to come out yesterday and many of them revealed shocking conversations between the journalist and Trump. In a series of taped conversations, Trump admitted to Woodward that he
I was actually disheartened by the revelations from Bob Woodward's book, because I knew that even as I read/heard them, they would not change the mind of a single Trump voter. I've even spoken with a couple of them and they are calling it "fake news" from quotes "which are taken out of context". It was so sadly predictable. People keep asking me why I am so pessimistic about the election in November. It's because nothing he does changes the minds of his supporters. Nothing. Lying about a virus that has killed almost 200,000 Americans as of today? Doesn't matter. Expressing contempt for soldiers and a respected former Senator (McCain)? Doesn't matter. Trying to blackmail a foreign government with US aid so that it will turn over "incriminating evidence" against his presumed opponent in the upcoming election? Doesn't matter. Wiping out this country's environmental regulations? Doesn't matter. Kowtowing to Putin? Doesn't matter. Politicizing the USPS and Justice Department like no President ever has? Doesn't matter. Turning wearing a mask into a political issue to the point where it affects the national health? Doesn't matter. Refusing to condemn white supremacists? Doesn't matter. Pursuing an openly racist immigration policy? Doesn't matter. I could go on and on. None of it matters to his supporters, because for the most part, they agree with him and/or are so brainwashed by him and his cheering sections at Fox News and OANN that he could do just as he promised--shoot someone on 5th Avenue--and not lose a single voter. Sadly, that is where this country is today.
One good thing came out of this for me. My sister, who has been saying that COVID is "just the flu" finally seemed to grasp that his has been a lie all along. Until it effects her personally, though, I still don't think she will understand. She isn't a trump supporter... she and her husband are politically neutral (if there is such a thing these days). Thank you, as always, Amee for your deep dives and hard work!
Downplaying so he wouldn't create a panic is complete bs! He created panic when he came here to Tulsa on Juneteenth weekend. Then the covid stats skyrocketed a few weeks after.
I knew from the beginning when I heard about people getting sick in Wuhan that it was going to be bad. When he turned down the tests from the WHO I knew Don the Con was up to his usual grift. And that was frightening enough in itself.
I truly hope that this criminal is brought to justice for his negligence. If he gets away with this, after being caught on tape, we will need to start from scratch, beginning with all the politicians that have shirked their sworn oath to the Constitution. Makes one think a full blown revolution is possible to save the Republic.
One positive: images from the N.C. rally, as contagious as it will inevitably be, showed more Trump supporters in masks than I have EVER seen before. One negative: Woodward, the original famed anonymous source journalist, didn’t even think to leak the COVID-19 disclosure — if he did, in fact, feel he had to keep the info under wraps until pub date. (As a former college instructor of journalism, and journalist myself, I question this, but...)
Like others I hope against hope this will change the minds of trumpers, but I wonder if it’s enough if it pushes mainstream republicans to abandon him.
But I wonder if it will change this predictive model that only fails if there are shenanigans. Now we know there will be shenanigans but in the tangerine tyrant favor. It says Trump by landslide based on primary data. 🤦🏽♀️
I was actually disheartened by the revelations from Bob Woodward's book, because I knew that even as I read/heard them, they would not change the mind of a single Trump voter. I've even spoken with a couple of them and they are calling it "fake news" from quotes "which are taken out of context". It was so sadly predictable. People keep asking me why I am so pessimistic about the election in November. It's because nothing he does changes the minds of his supporters. Nothing. Lying about a virus that has killed almost 200,000 Americans as of today? Doesn't matter. Expressing contempt for soldiers and a respected former Senator (McCain)? Doesn't matter. Trying to blackmail a foreign government with US aid so that it will turn over "incriminating evidence" against his presumed opponent in the upcoming election? Doesn't matter. Wiping out this country's environmental regulations? Doesn't matter. Kowtowing to Putin? Doesn't matter. Politicizing the USPS and Justice Department like no President ever has? Doesn't matter. Turning wearing a mask into a political issue to the point where it affects the national health? Doesn't matter. Refusing to condemn white supremacists? Doesn't matter. Pursuing an openly racist immigration policy? Doesn't matter. I could go on and on. None of it matters to his supporters, because for the most part, they agree with him and/or are so brainwashed by him and his cheering sections at Fox News and OANN that he could do just as he promised--shoot someone on 5th Avenue--and not lose a single voter. Sadly, that is where this country is today.
One good thing came out of this for me. My sister, who has been saying that COVID is "just the flu" finally seemed to grasp that his has been a lie all along. Until it effects her personally, though, I still don't think she will understand. She isn't a trump supporter... she and her husband are politically neutral (if there is such a thing these days). Thank you, as always, Amee for your deep dives and hard work!
The experiment is over.
Downplaying so he wouldn't create a panic is complete bs! He created panic when he came here to Tulsa on Juneteenth weekend. Then the covid stats skyrocketed a few weeks after.
I knew from the beginning when I heard about people getting sick in Wuhan that it was going to be bad. When he turned down the tests from the WHO I knew Don the Con was up to his usual grift. And that was frightening enough in itself.
I truly hope that this criminal is brought to justice for his negligence. If he gets away with this, after being caught on tape, we will need to start from scratch, beginning with all the politicians that have shirked their sworn oath to the Constitution. Makes one think a full blown revolution is possible to save the Republic.
One positive: images from the N.C. rally, as contagious as it will inevitably be, showed more Trump supporters in masks than I have EVER seen before. One negative: Woodward, the original famed anonymous source journalist, didn’t even think to leak the COVID-19 disclosure — if he did, in fact, feel he had to keep the info under wraps until pub date. (As a former college instructor of journalism, and journalist myself, I question this, but...)
Like others I hope against hope this will change the minds of trumpers, but I wonder if it’s enough if it pushes mainstream republicans to abandon him.
But I wonder if it will change this predictive model that only fails if there are shenanigans. Now we know there will be shenanigans but in the tangerine tyrant favor. It says Trump by landslide based on primary data. 🤦🏽♀️
http://primarymodel.com/