28 May 2019

Impotence

Axios published an interesting piece yesterday (link here) about how Donald Trump's Twitter impact has fallen significantly since he became President.

"Trump’s tweets don’t pack the punch they did at the outset of his presidency," the article notes. "His Twitter interaction rate — a measure of the impact given how much he tweets and how many people follow him — has tumbled precipitously. It’s a sign that his strongest communication tool may be losing its effectiveness and that the novelty has worn off."

At the same time, Trump is tweeting a lot more of late -- and arguably with a lot more instability. Brian Stelter at CNN analyzed his recent Twitter use (link here) and asks "is Trump having to try harder and harder to get the public's attention?"

He certainly seems to be. Like an outrage comic, he keeps acting with increasing outrage -- and instability.

Let's hope this is reflective of the possibility that a lot more Americans are just sick and tired of Trump. Anything that weakens him heading into the 2020 election is a good thing.

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