It was about one or two days ago that I became convinced that Trump is going to lose the election in November.
The reason? People I know whom I expected or knew with certainty would rather like Trump have made off-hand comments ridiculing him. It doesn’t matter if they have really had a change of heart about Trump; what matters is that they believe that, in a casual conversation about other matters, an off-hand remark critical of Trump passes muster. It’s witty. It’s cool.
It is clearly the product of his idiotic public management of the Covid-19 crisis in the U.S. Of course, anyone who already disliked Trump found loads of fresh ammunition in his self-congratulatory self-contradicting erratic remarks but up until now most Trump fans have been immune. I think the immunity is wearing off.
Some of the people who previously found him cool or fresh or roguish suddenly began to realize that he’s really an idiot. Or that admitting you like him makes you look like an idiot even if you really think he’s probably right about most things.
It is a striking contrast to Doug Ford, a man of similar temperament to Trump, who has enhanced his standing in Ontario immeasurably with his calm, consistent statements, and his open regard for experts and cooperation with the Federal Government.