Trump approval ratings thread, 1.4

[Fuzzy Bear Loves Christian Missionaries]

If this were any other Republican, or any Democrat, I would say that such a pol was in significant trouble.  If I were an adviser to such a President, I'd be telling him/her of the need to "be Presidential" to pump up the approval ratings by doing some "Presidential" sort of thing or another that would use the advantage of incumbency wisely.  That's not how Trump works.  Trump's skill is to getting other people's approval rating lower than his.

Trump is able to do this because whatever Trump may be, he is not self-righteous.  Grandiose, sometimes.  Narcissistic, yes.  But he's not self-righteous, and people do find that aspect of him refreshing.  So when he calls Warren "Pocahontas", or Cruz "Lyin' Ted", he gets away with this because these folks' self-righteousness annoys people.  Trump cuts their self-aggrandizing down to size, and people like it, even when they don't truly realize that this is what Trump is doing. 

Trump does this more masterfully than any politician I've seen in my lifetime.  Trump is somewhere between 5-10 points less underwater than he appears because of this factor.