Can it be that Trump is already on his way down? I don’t mean all the way to Hell, necessarily; although I imagine they’re waiting eagerly for him there.

But his ‘approval ratings’ in the latest polls seem to be sliding  (https://trumptimer.us/approval-rating/), with most commentators predicting a come-uppance in the mid-term elections. His ill-chosen Iran war is not going too well. His vanity projects in Washington – the East Wing ballroom, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and his ‘Arc de Trump’ – are all stalling. The US economy is stuttering. He’s suddenly starting to lose cases in the courts. His corruption is becoming blatant. His wife no longer lives with him. A few erstwhile Republican supporters are peeling away. The Pope has turned against him in a big way. Most of the rest of the world is mocking him mercilessly. He looks quite ill, and is sounding demented. And – for all I know – he might be losing at golf. – As he declines he pulls his nation down with him, with its reputation – for  ‘greatness’, if you will – probably being lower now than at any time since World War II. So much for ‘MAGA’.

That’s the impression I get, from internet news, albeit algorithmically selected, I imagine, to suit my prejudices. When you hear Trump himself, you’re left with an entirely opposite picture. I imagine he’s served with rather different algorithms.