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struggle4progress

(118,296 posts)
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:31 AM Jan 2018

First year a 'monumental flop' (Warning: GOP view) [View all]

... Trump began his presidency a year ago and immediately made a mistake typical of many newly elected officials: he misread why he won and thus what he had to do to govern ...

And then the base - which began with the 46% he won in November 2016 - soon began to shrink. Within weeks it was down to 36%, where it remains today.

How can you effectively run a democratic republic with just 36% of the people supporting you? ...

https://news.sky.com/story/trumps-first-year-has-been-a-monumental-flop-11212275

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what is this democratic republic of which you speak? unblock Jan 2018 #1
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