What seemed impossible five months ago begins to be less so due to the impact of the coronavirus in the US and because of the massive fall in its economy.
Even though the president Donald Trump Holding his iron hand firmly on his Twitter, intimidating any of his own who dares to criticize him, some Republican officials have begun to consider the future of the party without the Trump lighthouse.
The president insists on attacking his scientists, and this time it was Dr. Deborah Birx’s first turn.
There are movements, several analysts stand out because of the bad projections that are made of the electoral route of the president in the elections of next November 3. Along with those who do not want to be shorn are those who try to position themselves for a change of a third.
Polls indicate that Trump is well behind Democrat Joe Biden, a distance that is increasing. In the pendulum states, which can change their sense of vote compared to four years ago, those polls show that in Arizona, Florida, Georgia or North Carolina, Biden remains competitive. This trend has baffled Republicans, who fear that Democrats will extend their lead in the lower house and even gain control of the Senate.
Political survival is above intimidation. Internal sources have acknowledged in the media that the internal truce between belligerent factions of the party will break if this presidency comes to an end. The current leadership would face the consequences of failure if Trump does not enjoy a second term.
The symptoms of those fissures between trumpist Worshipers and those who consider themselves to be the establishment broke into public a few days ago. In a private internal conference, those closest to the president lashed out at Liz Cheney, the party’s number three, for not being loyal enough to Donald Trump, the president who demands loyalty.
Cheney, one of the most echoed surnames in American conservatism, previously dared to tweet a photograph of his father, vice president with George W. Bush, with a comment. “Dick Cheney wears the mask, real men wear it.” At that time, Trump had not spoken publicly in favor of the mouth covering, he refused to be seen with that caution of feminine connotations.
That internal struggle leaked to public opinion. Legislator Matt Gaetz, one of Trump’s most devoted, required that his colleague, the highest-ranking Republican woman, lose her position as conference chair.
The President does not hide his concern. On Monday, he said he observed fervor in his recent visits to Texas and Florida last week. He also reported that in a Rasmussen poll – this company always gives him the best results, far behind the rest – it was found that 96% of Republicans approved of his management and that in the global calculation it was 50%.
However, those movements between conservatives are interpreted as a clear indication that Trump’s options have suffered a severe blow with the Covid-19. He ignored the virus and pushed hard for governors to reopen the economy. The pathogen was out of control and now the dead exceed 155,000 and the contagions rise to 4.7 million.
Because his mismanagement, according to most citizens, made him lose ground to Biden, Trump sought the amendment. It was short-lived. This Monday he defended hydroxychloroquine again, against his advisers, and for the first time attacked Deborah Birx, the doctor who coordinates the White House team, who dared to say that the virus is much more widespread than in April. “Pathetic,” Trump wrote.
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