In a weird way, the cancellation of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner could have actually helped Trump’s polls, but not in the way you might think.
Sure. There could be a slight bump because the public gives him a little sympathy for having been targeted. But — go with me on this one — had he been able to ramble on for an hour or more at that dinner, he would most certainly have hit on his favorite topics: the crooked media (enemy of the people!); his beloved ballroom; the arch he’s building to himself; his face on passports; his face on dollars; his overwhelming victory in Iran; etc.
If he were feeling frisky, he might have even talked about how this is the greatest economy the world has ever seen. Or about how he’s driving healthcare costs down, or how the price of gas has never been lower.
So on one hand, he would have talked about all the things that Americans hate about him, and on the other hand, he would have lied to America about things we clearly already know are true.
The price of gas is higher. Healthcare is more expensive. The economy is shaky, at best.
This is the thrust of Andrew Wilson’s take on the current polling of Trump: he’s crashing out in areas that Americans find important, and he’s putting virtually all of his energy in areas that we hate.
Like I said, we hate this stuff. Trump has a priority problem.
Let’s be honest, priorities are just one of his many problems. Who knows? Maybe if he prioritized the economy — in classic Trump form — we’d be deep in a recession by now and he’d be even less popular.
