Another thing that a lot of Ivory Tower Socialists just don't understand is why Trump is so popular, they really don't get it because, during his election lefties went on the attack, they thought the best way to get Hillary in was to attack Trump.
During this Trump actually gained popularity, the more extreme they got with their rhetoric the more popular he became.
Now, instead of realising this they now double down on exactly what got him elected, their swivel eye'd insanity, in the last 2 years they just keep getting more and more unhinged.
In this last month they have taken to using the Kids in Cages thing (Which was started under the Clinton's and continued under Obama) to compare him with Hitler, calling for trump aides to be harassed, one or two even calling for his under 10 years old grand kids to be harassed at school, because you know when you're a Nazi anything goes....
So at the end of all this insanity Trumps approval ratings go from 42% to 43%, his approval rating among Hispanics goes up 10 points.
Why do you think all this is?
Quite, I thought it was hilarious that his approval rating went up amongst Hispanics by 10 points during that whole ordeal.
The democrats really need to rethink things, its not going well at the moment, they have no ammo but to drum up false outrage over stuff. It's creating an environment where people are just numb to it, when something credible emerges, which should be criticised, you'll just have a democrats crying wolf scenario. No one will take notice.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/235739/satisfaction-direction-reaches-year-high.aspx
So let me get this straight... You think Donald Trump's popularity is explained by George Clooney or Robert De Niro cursing at him and calling for this and that? Or that these Ivory Tower Socialists dictate the direction of the Democract Party? To be fair, your ridiculous ideas shouldn't surprise me given your political views.
Trump's popularity has one main component: he is a symbol of the counterculture that has been spreading the Western World. This counterculture, let's call it the alt-right, mainly consists of frustrated members of our society who feel they have been drawing the short stick during the past 3 or even 4 decades. The frustration of the US conservatives originates from losing the race war, the gender equality war, the abortion war etc. The frustration of the racists and the xenophobes originates from being pushed to the fringe of society. The blue collar workers are frustrated because the modern economies have transitioned from manufacturing jobs that required little/no education or expertise to services jobs in which education and expertise are crucial to get ahead. There's quite a bit of frustration among Millennials, mostly men, particularly some gamers, cryptocurrency enthusiasts and other groups. Some can't find satisfying jobs, others can't find partners (Incels) but whatever the reason it's easier to blame an abstract entity such as "PC culture" or immigrants than to fix your issues. Many of these people have always existed but, until 20-30 years ago, they would vent by getting drunk or getting into a fight at the pub whereas now they can find like-minded people online and vent in ways that have a much higher impact (4chan, trolling, spreading of fake news). Ironically, in the Muslim world, the people who are blowing themselves up share many similarities with this last group.
This is what Trump represents, a coalition of losers (some literal, some metaphorical) and this is why the attacks don't hurt his popularity. It doesn't matter what Trump does or says, as long as he continues to be their symbol, they will back him no matter what, they feel they have no alternative.
As for trusting "mainstream media", whatever that may be, tell me exactly who you trust and I will tell you who you are.
