By Raymond Dragunaitis
In a piece for The New Yorker, staff writer Adam Davidson argues that American attitudes towards Donald Trump will follow the same course as the Iraq War and the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Many Americans dismissed early reports of issues in Iraq, with 70 percent supporting George W. Bush and the war he started, though it soon became clear that Iraq had devolved into anarchy. Similarly, many Americans believed that reports of economic problems in 2007 did not signal a coming recession, and many "political figures and TV pundits," including Trump's current chief economic Larry Kudlow, steadfastly reassured them of this. Davidson believes the raid on the office of Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen is the tipping point in changing the Trump narrative and the beginning of the end of his presidency. He believes that even Trump's supporters, who "liked that he was someone willing to do whatever it takes to succeed, and they also believe that all rich businesspeople have to do shady things from time to time," will cease to support him after the full extend of his business crimes is revealed, just as Americans realized the Iraq War was a disaster and that the country was facing a recession.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/michael-cohen-and-the-end-stage-of-the-trump-presidency
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