WaPo: Trump is "glum and shell-shocked by his declining popularity"

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

New: Some of Trump’s advisers described him as glum and shell-shocked by his declining popularity. He has struggled to process...believing he was on a glide path to reelection to realizing that he is losing

SOURCE: https://twitter.com/DavidNakamura/status/1259246504717553666

Let's make this a reality in November folks!

[T'Chenka]

Just imagine that the video portion of this is a super slow zoom in on a picture of Trump stone-faced sitting in bed with a Big Mac.

[7,052,770]

But he was also on track to lose before COVID-19.

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

But he was also on track to lose before COVID-19.

Have you seen how cocky most Republicans have been this whole election cycle until now? It doesn't surprise me at all that they have been ignoring the evidence.

[darklordoftech]

But he was also on track to lose before COVID-19.

Have you seen how cocky most Republicans have been this whole election cycle until now? It doesn't surprise me at all that they have been ignoring the evidence.

They were saying things like, “Candace Owens is going to convince blacks to return to the party of Lincoln.”

[Non Swing Voter]

But he was also on track to lose before COVID-19.

Have you seen how cocky most Republicans have been this whole election cycle until now? It doesn't surprise me at all that they have been ignoring the evidence.

A lot of Republicans are still extremely cocky.  They are doubling down.

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

It's amazing how out of touch this administration is. One of the few constants in Trump's presidency has been his approval rating, which has been stable in a very narrow band since early 2018, after the fight over the tax law finished, with the exception of a more significant drop during the government shutdown in early 2019.

[Hindsight was 2020]

But he was also on track to lose before COVID-19.

Have you seen how cocky most Republicans have been this whole election cycle until now? It doesn't surprise me at all that they have been ignoring the evidence.

A lot of Republicans are still extremely cocky.  They are doubling down.

Kinda ironic how they are doubling down on cocky considering their historical views of gay marriage

[Ogre Mage]

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Peak fake journalism.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Peak fake journalism.

LOL, because it's reporting Trump's hurt feelings?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

He only won by a small margin and we are in a Pandemic

[Pericles]

He just doesn't get it. What an idiot.

[Crumpets]

Ironic, since his popularity is petty much where it's been for the last couple years, if not a little bit better right now. He just thought he'd get a Bush 9/11-style bounce out of this and can't figure out why people don't see him in the same way they saw W at the time.

[darklordoftech]

can't figure out why people don't see him in the same way they saw W at the time.

The reason is that the media didn’t report that Bush brushed off warnings about Al-Qaeda but has reported on Trump brushing off warnings about coronavirus.

[Lognog]

Peak fake journalism.

criticism of Trump, automatically fake

[Pericles]

can't figure out why people don't see him in the same way they saw W at the time.

The reason is that the media didn’t report that Bush brushed off warnings about Al-Qaeda but has reported on Trump brushing off warnings about coronavirus.

Bush didn't prove the point either by calling 9/11 a hoax.

[Grassroots]

[Crumpets]

can't figure out why people don't see him in the same way they saw W at the time.

The reason is that the media didn’t report that Bush brushed off warnings about Al-Qaeda but has reported on Trump brushing off warnings about coronavirus.

It's not just that. Imagine if Bush had come out on the morning of 9/11 and said "We've had two plane crashes. Very soon we will be at zero plane crashes. As we go later into the day - 9, 10 am - the fires will just miraculously go out. There's no reason to evacuate any buildings. We won't be telling any planes to land. We will not be providing any assistance to New York because Governor Pataki has been very mean to me. LIBERATE NEW YORK!"

[John Dule]

His approval ratings have barely changed. What evidence is there for this aside from hearsay?

[Grassroots]

His approval ratings have barely changed. What evidence is there for this aside from hearsay?

Durr

[Mr. Smith]

Not like he needs it, his goons and rallies will do more than enough to knock out enough votes that were obviously against him.

Popularity is just so beside the point the GOP.

[Hammy]

Hopefully this mood will translate to drastic campaign missteps that manage to turn his base off because he's still going to win otherwise.

[John Dule]

His approval ratings have barely changed. What evidence is there for this aside from hearsay?

Durr

Uh... yeah... so they went up 3% and then went down 3%? That is what we in the political science biz call "a wash."

[Ogre Mage]

His approval ratings have barely changed. What evidence is there for this aside from hearsay?

His internal polling, perhaps.  Trumpvirus seems quite upset.

Trump erupted at his top political advisers last week when they presented him with worrisome polling data that showed his support eroding in a series of battleground states as his response to the coronavirus comes under criticism.

“I am not f—-ing losing to Joe Biden,” he repeated in a series of heated conference calls with his top campaign officials, according to five people with knowledge of the conversations. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about private discussions.

The message to the president was sobering: Trump was trailing the former Democratic vice president in many key battleground states, he was told, and would have lost the Electoral College if the election had been held earlier this month.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-erupts-at-campaign-team-as-internal-poll-numbers-show-him-trailing-biden-2020-04-29