Day 416: Donald Trump Reminds Everyone of His Insecurities
Donald Trump is a transparent man. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and rarely leaves his wishes unspoken for. If he wants Russia to release Hillary Clinton’s emails, he will literally yell for them to do that on national television. If he wants his supporters to beat up a protester, he will implore them to do so.
It should come as no surprise that he uses his favorite medium — Twitter — to let everyone know how he really feels. Sunday was a good reminder that it’s often used to expose his insecurities.
There’s Russia, obviously.
Of course Trump’s lawyers haven’t conclusively shown that there was no collusion. Not only is this laughable, but it’s nonsensical. His lawyers have remained relatively tight-lipped and have pushed Trump to do the same. They are also desperate to avoid Trump getting in a room with Robert Mueller and the indictments around Trump pile up.
The attack on Haberman stems from an article she co-bylined for The New York Times about Trump looking into adding an attorney who specializes in impeachment. Haberman is among the most dialed-in reporters in the country, if not the most dialed in. Trump has literally called her.
Her response to Trump was short and to the point.
Trump also seemed insecure about the blue wave that has elected Democrats is state elections across the country, along with prognosticators indicating that a wave in national races is likely in November.
Trump fails to note two key points: 1) all of the Congressional races were in heavily red districts and ended up far closer than they had been in any recent year and 2) Democrats picked up a Senate seat. In deep-red Alabama. After Trump supported both Republican candidates.
Why is Trump so nervous?
With a special election on Tuesday, Trump is concerned that a Democratic win in a solidly red district would be yet another bellwether for the midterm elections.
Finally, Trump tipped his hand on the two things that he is perhaps the most insecure about: poll numbers and Barack Obama.
Rasmussen, which has a long history of leaning to the right, actually doesn’t have Trump “around 50%,” but rather at 44 percent. Only 30 percent or people polled “strongly approve” of the job Trump is doing.
Across major polls, Trump’s approval rating is at a mere 41 percent, and at this point of presidencies, Trump’s is lower than any other president’s rating since at least Harry Truman.
416 days in, 1046 to go
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