Some amateur political science: I know people who are following Trump's disastrous response to Covid-19 are upset that he has net positive approval for his handling of the crisis. But you need to take into account the temporary rally-around-the-flag effect 1/
Most people aren't all that familiar with the history of Trump's botched response, or with what he isn't doing now. They just want to believe that we have good leadership, and they see him on TV a lot 2/
Two points of comparison. 1. Trump is nowhere like Bush's overwhelming approval post 9/11 2. Trump's approval way below that of governors, which tells you something 3/ thehill.com/homenews/admin…
And remember, the objective reality of the disaster isn't hitting home for many people yet. It's possible that the universe hates us so much that Trump ends up winning from the disaster he made, but probably not 4/
