Key points:
- In recent days, there’s been some glaring evidence that Trump’s popularity is beginning to wane.
- Hours before his Saturday rally in Ohio, the former president took to his own Truth Social platform to boast about his “sold out” show, declaring there would be a “massive crowd” packed into the 7,000-seat Covelli Centre in Youngstown. However, as the Daily Mail wrote Saturday evening, the event had an “uncharacteristically thin crowd in Ohio as Trump prepares to take the stage.”
- Then there was a new poll that came out Sunday, which showed Trump’s approval rating has plunged to its lowest point since April 2021. The NBC poll found just 34% of those surveyed viewed Trump positively, while 54% viewed him negatively. Forty-six percent of those who viewed him badly said they viewed him “very negatively,” while just 20% of the pro-Trump respondents said they viewed him “very positively.”
- Trump’s power is still real. There’s little chance Trump will tone it down in the runup to 2024. And he has a pathologically need to be loved. At 76, that ain’t going away. The question is, will Trump’s power still exist in 2024? And will more people love him — even like him — than hate him by then?
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