The polls look bad for Trump – but tyrants don’t depend on approval ratings | Judith Levine

Claims that Maga is fracturing are overblown. But that doesn't mean Trump can't be defeated

The fracas over the Jeffrey Epstein files - and declining poll numbers on every issue that won Donald Trump the 2024 election - indicate cracks in the Maga coalition and weakening support for the president's self-proclaimed mandate.

But reports of Maga's death are probably exaggerated.

Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism