Trump Is Winning the '100 Days'
The liberal establishment is desperate to sell the narrative that the president is failing.
The dislike of the new president and distrust of his staunchest supporters – about whom much has been written, little of it fawning or flattering – is probably best described as a struggle between the classes or, as a long ago movie suggested, "It's the snobs versus the slobs." Trump's first 100 days reviews were largely sketched out on day one of his presidency with only the details to be filled in later. The Kennedy-Clinton-Obama liberal clique that populates so much of the influencing class is determined to drive Trump down into an oblivion they believe he richly deserves no matter what it does to the country.
Speaking of the country, however, they appear to be with the new president – and in ways one might not expect given the almost universally negative coverage he has received since coming into office. As my estimable colleague Kenneth Walsh wrote elsewhere here this week, "The latest poll conducted by ABC News and The Washington Post finds that, as he approaches his 100th day in office Saturday – a traditional milestone for assessing new presidents – 96 percent of those who supported him in last November's election say they would do it again today. His approval rating among those who voted for him is 94 percent. This is a positive development for Trump just when he needs it most."
So we know, going into day 100, Trump's base is holding. This is enormously important as the outside groups working to build grassroots support for his initiatives such as the one now led by former deputy White House Chief of Staff Katie Walsh begin to get up a head of steam. Their ads and call to action to move Congress will, one can safely predict, produce some movement in favor of what Trump wants to do on health care, taxes, trade, jobs and the wall once they get started, especially in the Senate where nearly a dozen of the Democrats up for re-election in 2018 come from states Trump carried for president.
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