Article 7518H Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

by
David Smith in Washington
from World news | The Guardian on (#7518H)

The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn't finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from running again, he may feel he has nothing to lose

Lance Johnson voted for Donald Trump three times. Now he is feeling buyer's remorse. I haven't been too happy with the third time around," said the 47-year-old contractor, sitting at a bar in Crescent Springs, Kentucky. We're supposed to not start any new wars. Prices were supposed to come down. We were promised a lot of things and we're not getting them."

Johnson is not the only Trump voter having doubts about a US president who, after defying political gravity for a decade, finally seems to be crashing back to earth. The past two weeks have arguably been the most bruising of Trump's two terms in office, suggesting that his tried and trusted playbook could finally be falling apart.

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