I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when Fox News executives stop talking about him like a toddler. thedailybeast.com/fox-news-owner…
Watching the “60 Minutes” video and the first LOL moment is Trump claiming that Democrats were on the verge of working with him on Big Things just before the pandemic hit. Even Trump has forgotten his impeachment!
It’s also fascinating to see what triggers Trump. So far the thing that has him the most agitated was Stahl’s observation that his 2020 rallies are smaller than his 2016 rallies.
During the entire section on health care Trump gives off strong “MONORAIL!” vibes. There’s also the weird “drinking a glass of water with two hands” thing.
I’ve seen a lot of speculation on this here website that the SCOTUS vacancy benefits Trump to some degree. I’d hypothesize that this premise is spectacularly wrong. The GOP base was already mobilized about the courts. Ginsburg’s passing mobilizes Dems to a much greater degree.
The valuable insight is that people who follow politics often have no idea what will register with people who barely follow politics. It’s absolutely true and a it’s a nearly impossible bias for a politics junkie or political scientist to shed (2/7).
That said, there are two big misnomers. First, just because folks in Kenosha don’t care about the scandal du jour doesn’t mean that the scandal doesn’t matter. Trump’s appalling behavior matters plenty, both intrinsically and as a clue to what he’ll do in the future (3/7).