To state it another way, Americans don’t always like what government does but they overwhelmingly support the American system of government. Trump’s 2016 campaign aides’ eagerness to get dirt on his opponent from Russia, and Trump’s efforts to suppress evidence about those dealings, undermine how the American electoral system is supposed to run. Trump’s angry references to “Obama judges” who rule against him calls into question the independence and legitimacy of the judiciary. Some 35%, Trump’s hardcore base, continue to stick by him, but independents and even some Republicans are deserting him in droves. Trump and the Republicans, by contrast, are digging themselves ever more deeply into a hole from which they may never emerge.

Source: The Guardian May 26, 2019 04:52 UTC