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Originally Posted by jfman
Indeed. I suspect, even disregarding his inept Covid response, being unable to control the narrative has impacted the Trump campaign.
His populist bullshit has been drowned out.
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Agreed. It's also a bit harder for him to talk about some of the policies he had last time:
- "Lock her up" Sensibly not pursued
- Build the wall - not happened
- Large infrastructure projects - not happened
- Bring back manufacturing jobs to the rust belt - not happened
- Kill Obamacare dead - not happened
As an impartial observer, it's only fair to point out that the Obama jobs boom continued under Trump's leadership but his handling of Covid (Or Covid itself depending on your viewpoint) put an end to that. And he's set the agenda for relations with China and negotiated a peace settlement between Israel and the UAE. But I don't think the latter will hold much interest for his core support.