The Church of Trump
August 16, 2018 at 7:46 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
The Atlantic: You could list the scandalsfrom Robert Muellers probe to Michael Cohen to Stormy Daniels, from Tom Price to Scott Pruitt to Ben Carson, from Bill Shineto Ronny Jackson to Jared Kushner, from the Trump Hotel to the Trump label, from Charlottesville to Ukraineand while it would be very long, it would not (at least in the eyes of Trumps supporters) be disqualifying. Politically speaking, the president is standing with his guns blazing in the middle of Fifth Avenue, and hes not losing anyone. Miraculously, Trump remains on top; so far this year, Gallup has registered an approval rating among the members of his own party ranging from 81 to 90 percent. Despite it all, those numbers have barely budged.
How is such a thing possible? In part, its a symptom of contemporary politicsBarack Obama enjoyed similarly high approval ratings from Democratic partisans during his terms in office. And theres some evidence that Republicans disaffected with Trump are ceasing to identify with their party, leaving only the presidents supporters behind. But Obama never endured a comparable string of scandals; the erosion of the GOPs ranks doesnt explain the fervency of those who remain.
Is it Trumpor something larger than Trump? Possibly, its both.
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