I find it misleading to say that Trump ‘lives in a fairy tale world’ when it’s what he’s attempting to make others to live in. He’s obviously manufacturing stories of uncontrolled violence and mayhem as the pretext for quelling this make-believe violence with boots on the ground. It’s been his MO since day one to manufacture fake emergencies as the justification for taking extraordinary actions that would not otherwise be allowed within our judicial framework.
I'd love to see a pool that asks Americans whether the president should politicize the military by degrading his political adversaries when addressing the military.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also repeats a result from CBS/YouGov on Sunday that I found interesting - when polled in the abstract about how they perceived of Democrats, Republicans by a 62-38 margin viewed them as political opponents and not dangerous enemies (Democrats, reasonably, were closer to 50-50 in the reverse), but when an openly political poll that asked about Trump's approval, etc. asked about what people saw as the biggest threat to America, 52% of Republicans said domestic enemies, compared to only 29% who said the economy. In the Reuters poll, the first and third questions are less immediately related to Trump's actions than the second, and Republican respondents are much more amenable to the authoritarian position on that middle question (it also doesn't bode well for further GOP congressional support for limiting the use of the Guard if that's how their base feels on the subject).
It's limited data points, but it gives the impression that Americans are, regardless of party, opposed to political violence in the abstract, but once it relates to Trump directly self-identified Republicans are substantially prepared to become authoritarian. It also ties into your piece from a couple of days ago - does the immediacy of Trump's behavior and one's need to be "loyal" override a baseline opposition to political violence by one's own side? Is it an instinct to normalize? An information bubble and disinformation blitz about current events? All of the above?
One correction - under "liberty and Order" paragraph 2, you state 'Another federal judge ruled on Thursday that National Guard troops in Chicago must not stop using “excessive brutality” against the press, clergy, and protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. ' implying they must use excessive brutality. I believe it should be 'Another federal judge ruled on Thursday that National Guard troops in Chicago must stop using “excessive brutality” against the press, clergy, and protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. ' i.e. remove the "not" from "must not stop"
Otherwise good write-up of the situation and the polling.
An unfortunate but prescient typo! We've witnessed the courts playing trump's game for over eight years now, like Susan Collins, "concerned" but let the insurrection continue on appeal. Project 2025 and maga have come too far to stop using excessive brutality, the chaos and brutality are the point!
I find it misleading to say that Trump ‘lives in a fairy tale world’ when it’s what he’s attempting to make others to live in. He’s obviously manufacturing stories of uncontrolled violence and mayhem as the pretext for quelling this make-believe violence with boots on the ground. It’s been his MO since day one to manufacture fake emergencies as the justification for taking extraordinary actions that would not otherwise be allowed within our judicial framework.
I'd love to see a pool that asks Americans whether the president should politicize the military by degrading his political adversaries when addressing the military.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also repeats a result from CBS/YouGov on Sunday that I found interesting - when polled in the abstract about how they perceived of Democrats, Republicans by a 62-38 margin viewed them as political opponents and not dangerous enemies (Democrats, reasonably, were closer to 50-50 in the reverse), but when an openly political poll that asked about Trump's approval, etc. asked about what people saw as the biggest threat to America, 52% of Republicans said domestic enemies, compared to only 29% who said the economy. In the Reuters poll, the first and third questions are less immediately related to Trump's actions than the second, and Republican respondents are much more amenable to the authoritarian position on that middle question (it also doesn't bode well for further GOP congressional support for limiting the use of the Guard if that's how their base feels on the subject).
It's limited data points, but it gives the impression that Americans are, regardless of party, opposed to political violence in the abstract, but once it relates to Trump directly self-identified Republicans are substantially prepared to become authoritarian. It also ties into your piece from a couple of days ago - does the immediacy of Trump's behavior and one's need to be "loyal" override a baseline opposition to political violence by one's own side? Is it an instinct to normalize? An information bubble and disinformation blitz about current events? All of the above?
One correction - under "liberty and Order" paragraph 2, you state 'Another federal judge ruled on Thursday that National Guard troops in Chicago must not stop using “excessive brutality” against the press, clergy, and protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. ' implying they must use excessive brutality. I believe it should be 'Another federal judge ruled on Thursday that National Guard troops in Chicago must stop using “excessive brutality” against the press, clergy, and protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. ' i.e. remove the "not" from "must not stop"
Otherwise good write-up of the situation and the polling.
I don't see the "not" in this article. Must be it was corrected after you brought it up. Agree...good article.
Good catch, Jeff. We all have to keep our “nots” straight, or we end up tying ourselves in Knots.
We don’t want to Stamp Out Cancer Research in Our Lifetime. We don’t want to Eliminate AIDS Prevention in Africa.
Why haven’t you fixed such a clear error? It completely distorts a very important sentence? Thanks
Should be fixed in the online version!
An unfortunate typo. Thank you Jeff.
An unfortunate but prescient typo! We've witnessed the courts playing trump's game for over eight years now, like Susan Collins, "concerned" but let the insurrection continue on appeal. Project 2025 and maga have come too far to stop using excessive brutality, the chaos and brutality are the point!
Figured it was. You're welcome.