Nearly four months into a second Donald Trump administration, our president has run roughshod over the rule of law, initiated a mass deportation campaign and has destabilized the economy to the point of a likely recession over the next year. The public response to this chaos has largely been one of shock.
The public’s blowback against Trump has been so intense that, according to CNN polling, he had the lowest approval rating after his first 100 days — at 41% — among any president in at least the past seven decades.
But anyone who voted for this catastrophe has no right to be in any way shocked at where we find ourselves. Trump, on the campaign trail and throughout his now near decade-long political career, has made clear what kind of leader he is, what kind of man he is.
To Trump voters who find themselves perplexed or distraught by the direction our president is taking this country, the message is simple: This is what you voted for.
To illustrate this, all one has to do is simply listen to what Trump has said, even before his re-election to a second term.