And still his average is at 43%. Still close to his highest since April 2017 .Could probably sink a bit more in the newer polls due the Putin fallout but it will recover.I still see a Blue ripple not wave.
BUT HIS APPROVAL PEAKED IN MARCH .... FOUR MONTHS AGO AT 51%. The 7% drop since then has
NOTHING to do with his recent debacle.
As well .... keep in mind that FOX News is
THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF TRUMP'S SUPPORT. FOX News hadn't said ONE PEEP AGAINST HIM UNTIL YESTERDAY. So we need to see what FOX News reports in coming days/weeks. I don't expect Sean Hannity to skip a beat ....
HE IS IN THIS THING WITH TRUMP, so his reporting won't change. He's looking after
SEAN'S ASS RIGHT NOW. I also don't expect Laura Ingraham or Jeanine Pirro's reporting to change much. Jeanine may be involved ..... Laura is just "nut case conservative".
But what about many of the
OTHER FOX hosts? Chris Wallace, Lou Dobbs, etc. What will
THEY DO in coming days/weeks as more and more information about what Donald knew ..... and more information comes out about the NRA, Republican National Committee, Manafort, etc.
THAT will be important to watch. Without support from most of FOX, Donald is dead man walking.
There are 5 groups of Republicans in Congress right now:
1) One group includes members that
WERE INVOLVED in helping the Russian's during the elections. Anyone in that group is toast if the Mueller investigation finishes.
2) Another group, although they were
NOT involved in the actual conspiracy or in helping the Russians, they
WERE INVOLVED IN COVERING UP. I suspect that this is a fairly large group (greater than 10 ...... maybe as large as 30 or more .... think about that for a minute).
3) Another group didn't know about the initial conspiracy, and weren't involved in any of the "coverup", but they
KNEW ABOUT THE COVERUP AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.4) Another group had no knowledge of the conspiracy during the acts, had no knowledge of any coverup ..... and up until now, have been "duped". They have been supporting Trump because they
REALLY didn't believe the "Russia stuff",
AND they weren't on the intelligence committees or any other committee where classified information was discussed.
5) And the final group is the
SMALL group that has already broken from Trump, because they have been seeing what has happened.
Some of the members of the groups are
OBVIOUS. But over the coming days and next few
WEEKS, we will be able to figure out more and more of those groups.
Most people in the press now "get it": Trump is an "agent" of Russia. A
KNOWING agent of Russia, and likely has been for the last 15+ years. No ..... he didn't go to "KGB school" ..... and he likely did
NOT start out as an "agent" of Russia. But over the years, Russia has
BOUGHT HIM through money laundering (right Wilbur Ross?).
The coming weeks and months are likely to be the most important time in US political history since the Civil War. They are also the most important weeks in US history (political or otherwise) since the Cuban missile crisis in the early 1960's.
We really do have
NO CERTAINTY to how this will end. It is dependent upon the populace of the US as well as the Congressional makeup
NOW and after the coming November elections.
If enough pressure is exerted
BY CITIZENS AND CONGRESMEN NOW ..... then this could end relatively soon (August or September). But
HOW it ends and
WHEN it ends, will be dependent on the
PUBLIC and the actions of
CONGRESSMEN in the coming days/weeks/months.
Buckle up .... and
TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS.