1. With his speeches over the weekend, Trump is making it very clear he wants election to be about culture wars (he'll defend real Americans from Antifa statue-smashers, etc.). The problem for him is it makes him, uneasily, defender of status quo.
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3. Running on a defense of American exceptionalism also seems of limited political value since the public is becoming very pessimistic about the country. An interesting recent poll said only 17% affirm USA is a "shining city on a hill" (even among GOP only 30%).pic.twitter.com/YrrJLCGT69
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4. Some more thoughts on why sour national mood is in tension with Trump's attempt to sell new American exceptionalism:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-angry-nationalism-rushmore/ …
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conservatives bash america nonstop.
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Switching between contradictory messages in a matter of hours hasn't been a problem in the past.
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NOW that America is going to hell in a trump basket
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Exceptional is just an Evangelical codeword in this context, I think
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“Most just and execptional nation ever to exist on Earth” where everything is rigged and run by terrorists.
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The self contradictory premises are already out there, among his hard core followers, he’s just having to say everything out loud bc he’s straining to keep them in line
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