As President Donald Trump’s support reaches new lows 11 months into his second term, White House officials continue to lavish the president with “obsequious praise,” a sign that top administration officials know Trump “is kind of on his way out,” The New Republic discussed Friday in its “Daily Blast...
  • yesman@lemmy.world
    42·
    2 days ago

    So, they’re being obsequious to Trump, and that’s evidence something has changed?

    Am I missing something or is this article really that dumb?

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    232·
    1 day ago

    Really starting to resent these type of articles. These don’t worry he’s going to fall apart soon, don’t worry Republicans are going to turn on each other soon, don’t worry the other shoe will drop soon, Etc… Someone else in this thread called it hope baiting and that seems apt.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
    2·
    22 hours ago

    This is like the laziest of Kremlinology.

    And it’s an idle pastime to speculate on what Leavitt knows, versus what she finds it convenient to say in order to suck up to Trump.

  • FisherOfSaints@lemmy.world
    71·
    2 days ago

    These people honestly sound a little out of touch to me. I don’t think Trump actually cares about the polls that much.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      4·
      1 day ago

      I think he knows that they have little to no impact on his position but that they do bruise his ego.

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
      1·
      22 hours ago

      He constantly brags about his great polling results, but it has no relationship to the actual data. So he cares about the perception that he’s got universal approval. I think Trump regards facts as things to be worked around with more bullshit.