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When It Comes to Trump, Trust Women They have recognized the president's toxicity from the jump. It's time men start:
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Contemporary politics vindicates the great Frenchman’s judgment. After all, if our last three elections had been decided by American women only, Donald Trump would never have become president. Whereas even now, after a decade of exposure to the Trumpian malady, American men remain remarkably and stubbornly resistant to reality.
A recent survey from Civiqs, for example, has President Trump at 40 percent approval, 56 percent disapproval. But that split conceals an enormous gender gap. Just about half of American men—wishful and credulous beings that they are—still give Trump the benefit of the doubt (47 percent approval vs. 49 percent disapproval). American women, on the other hand, disapprove of Trump by almost two-to-one (33 percent approval vs. 63 percent disapproval). (There is some hope among younger men.)
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Two of them spoke before his rise, but their comments are indispensable to understanding the phenomenon of Trump. One is the late Maya Angelou, who told us, “When people show you who they are, believe them.”
Trump has shown us over and over again who he is, and yet we hesitate to believe him. He campaigned on the mass deportation of immigrants, but we’re startled when his administration goes ahead with it. He said he wants “his generals” to be loyal to him, but then we’re surprised when Pete Hegseth fires generals who might be more loyal to the laws or to the Constitution. Trump has shown over and over he doesn’t want the Epstein files out, but then we’re taken aback when his Justice Department fails to act in good faith to release them. Trump has repeatedly shown he’s well-disposed to Vladimir Putin, yet we’re a bit shocked each time he displays that preference.
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Contemporary politics vindicates the great Frenchman’s judgment. After all, if our last three elections had been decided by American women only, Donald Trump would never have become president. Whereas even now, after a decade of exposure to the Trumpian malady, American men remain remarkably and stubbornly resistant to reality.
A recent survey from Civiqs, for example, has President Trump at 40 percent approval, 56 percent disapproval. But that split conceals an enormous gender gap. Just about half of American men—wishful and credulous beings that they are—still give Trump the benefit of the doubt (47 percent approval vs. 49 percent disapproval). American women, on the other hand, disapprove of Trump by almost two-to-one (33 percent approval vs. 63 percent disapproval). (There is some hope among younger men.)
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Two of them spoke before his rise, but their comments are indispensable to understanding the phenomenon of Trump. One is the late Maya Angelou, who told us, “When people show you who they are, believe them.”
Trump has shown us over and over again who he is, and yet we hesitate to believe him. He campaigned on the mass deportation of immigrants, but we’re startled when his administration goes ahead with it. He said he wants “his generals” to be loyal to him, but then we’re surprised when Pete Hegseth fires generals who might be more loyal to the laws or to the Constitution. Trump has shown over and over he doesn’t want the Epstein files out, but then we’re taken aback when his Justice Department fails to act in good faith to release them. Trump has repeatedly shown he’s well-disposed to Vladimir Putin, yet we’re a bit shocked each time he displays that preference.
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Much more:
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/when-it-comes-to-trump-trust-women-ellie-sattler-maya-angelou-liz-cheney