John

The US is factionalized and divided. Badly so. You lib Canadians are headed to the same destiny.
There are very few positions that you can take on any issue that wont have 50% of people opposing you. (Men in women's sports is one)
The perverse paradox is that, in a country so ideologically and stridently divided, the people who decide the elections are the jelly-brains who dont know who they are going to vote for, a week out from a presidential election. I get that in 1956, but not in 2025.

Trump is controversial and he is tearing down the bureaucratic hierarchy in real time.
I've no doubt that his polls will sink further.
A lot of people are easily affected and swayed by negative news, be it right or wrong. They see discord going on and they get a bad feeling and want to place the blame somewhere.

In my nobody opinion, Everything will blow over or calm down for Trump regarding tariffs and the govt bureaucracy.
You're an intelligent guy. Do you really think that govt workers who havent been into the office for a year are getting anything done?
The Russians are a wild card.

In my nobody opinion, Trump's only concerns are the way people feel buying gas and groceries.
If he can get gas under $3 or under $2.50, that's a win.
If he can also get groceries down significantly and keep them down, most people will just go home and watch Netflix.

If he does not, some socialist dim will get in next election and finish the economy off.

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