Like me, you may have often heard Trump respectfully described as a "counter-puncher". The
implication is that he doesn't START fights but, boy oh boy, he is one "tough hombre" and he will FINISH the fight. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Trump is not a "counter" puncher. Like most cowardly bullies, he's a SUCKER puncher. His idea of a fair fight is to launch a totally unexpected and undeserved attack on someone in government who is much less powerful than him---General Kelly just thrown under the bus---or some totally innocent private citizen who dares to disagree with his bizarro opinions, like Mr. and Mrs. Khan.
Bullies are usually loudmouths and some people ignorantly equate loud with strong. These followers are those who seem to support their leader; always behind him and in total agreement with whatever he says or does. But, these posse members have one thing in common with the bully: they are also cowards. As soon as their front man begins to look less than invincible, they begin to doubt that he is God and, one by one, they begin to trickle away.
The trickle becomes a stream that increases to a flood and, one day, when the bully's name is mentioned, they're all "WHO?" And, when Bully Boy looks behind him on that day and it sinks in that the only supporters he has left are the ones too profoundly stupid to jump ship, he will fill his Depends and begin visibly shrinking as he blathers about shower pressure and bags of soup.
We are at the "trickle" stage. As Rachel says, "Watch this space."
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