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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Donald Trump legacy is chaos


Reading Donald Trump's nonsensical Tweets, many written from the top of his head, often without editing and missing real time data, it's easy to see the historical legacy this emotionally labile* leader will leave with history. In other words, it won't be pretty. Although there're calls for an assessment of Trump's mental health by professional psychiatrists and psychologists, the fact of the matter is, we can only observe Donald Trump's behavior. That's the easy part. His behavior is "chaotic" and voters are finally "getting it". Nevertheless, "chaos" isn't a diagnosis, but it is the label that stamp's Donald Trump's legacy. A majority of American voters can't understand how a man like Donald Trump could ever be elected to lead America, but by a process of disinformation and Russian election hacking, his presence desecrates the Oval Office. Apparently, voters are seeing the chaos that most of us knew was forthcoming.
Focus group from Emory University led by Peter Hart

North Carolina voters deliver harsh assessments on Trump’s ‘chaotic’ first year- NBCNews by Andrew Rafferty

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The twelve months since Donald Trump’s election have been “chaotic,” “corrupt,” “dangerous” and “embarrassing,” a group of Republican and Democratic voters said Wednesday night.
A 12-person focus group conducted by veteran pollster Peter Hart on behalf of Emory University delivered blistering reviews of Trump’s performance so far. 

Those voters, seven who supported Clinton and five who voted for Trump, expressed deep frustrations with the president’s conduct in office and what they perceive as a lack of accomplishments since Inauguration Day.

“Nightmare,” “divisive,” “mayhem,” “antagonistic,” “failure,” “reality television,” “rude,” “instigating” and “vacant” were among the words used to describe Trump over the past year.
Some of the most stinging reviews came from those who cast ballots for Trump in the key battleground state he won by four points.

“While I thought his ideas appealed to me, since he’s been in there, he’s embarrassed me by his behavior,” said Annie Anthony, a 56-year-old Trump voter who described herself as a “weak Republican.”

“When he’s away, he’s great being a president, you know he’s a showman. But at home — I can’t imagine how they let him build a country club let alone be in one,” she added.
“He comes out with these grandiose ideas and there is no follow through. It’s a lot of talk,” said Melissa Hight, a 62-year-old Republican who also voted for Trump. “I just had such hopes that maybe some things would be prepared, and the whole country would be better off with him as president. But he hasn’t acted presidential at all.

The president’s social media habits were frequently cited by the group as a top concern. Just one member of the panel said she thought Trump’s use of Twitter was a positive for his presidency.
“President Trump has embarrassed even his own supporters, and his problems start and end with himself. 

All of his problems are self-inflicted,” Hart told NBC News.

Health care was ranked as the most important issue to the group.

* labile- characterized by emotions that are easily aroused or freely expressed, and that tend to alter quickly and spontaneously; emotionally unstable.

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