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The Mistakes Just Keep Piling Up

Part of the reason that the voters see Trump v2.0 as chaotic is the increasingly long list of news stories that show how incompetent Donald Trump and the people around him are. In small matters and large matters, many negative incidents have occurred and it gives people the feeling that the administration doesn't know what it is doing. The Biden and Obama administrations never had a long list of mishaps like these:

In addition there are many things Trump has done that are not mistakes but also are not popular. He has made a serious effort to stop scientific research on reducing climate change (and the accompanying hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and tornadoes), curing diseases, and creating new industries. He has targeted Head Start and heating oil programs for poor people. He has deported people without due process and defied the courts on this. He soured all of America's allies on America. And many more things. Voters don't keep track of all this stuff, but at some point the overall message is: "Can't they do anything right?" (V)



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