I think it’s a little more complicated than this, though he’s definitely playing the support game. But public support doesn’t mean everything if the evidence turns against you. Granted, in that case public support might go against him as well, but as we’ve seen so far that hasn’t always been true.
But what it comes down to is that I think Rudi’s just blathering. And Trump loves the reality show spectacle. It’s all a circus act. In the end, Rudi’s warblings won’t have any effect on Mueller or Congress, at least the politicians with any brains.
Trump and team (and I think republicans in congress are complicit in this as well) are attempting to, for lack of a better description, try this investigation on Fox News (or in the media in general).
if they can attack enough other people they can sow discontent and if bad stuff is found a lot of people will have built up a lot of sympathy for the lawbreakers and congress won’t (potentially) be pressured to punish the lawbreaker.
sleazy lawyers do this for their high profile clients all the time. attack the cops/detectives/judges to get their clients off.
they picked a lying, cheating adulterer to go to the mat for. told ya.
Any President who has a 24% approval rating is at risk of being impeached. Trump will not dip that low unless an unarguable felony, such as tax evasion or a provable quid pro quo with Russians is found…in which case he should be gone.
And Cheney’s went even lower. But I’m not seeing it for Trump. Trump has tickled the resentment bone for a lot of people. They’re all in. Because he’s punching the people in the face. Turns out a huge minority of Americans are really into that. I wouldn’t have thunk it, but it’s true.
He was right when he said his supporters wouldn’t change their vote if he shot someone on 5th Avenue. This is his game. He has known for years as a con man that every con does not have to work and that every target does not have to turn out to be a sucker for him to do OK. And he knows, based on people like Cohen, that there’s a reasonable percentage of people that, if you manipulate them in the right way, they will NEVER TURN ON YOU NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SCREW THEM OVER.