Eugene Daniels
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And if their life does not feel better, they do not believe that he's the key negotiator.
They do not believe that he is the man who can fix it all.
I alone can fix it.
They are seeing that that is not the case.
Why is he flying to China?
Why is he spending so much time in Iran?
Why is he talking about the reflecting pool that he keeps calling the reflecting pond?
Why is he knocking down the East Wing?
Why is he putting challenge coins on the doors around the White House and gluing them?
Why is he doing all of these things that don't impact my life?
That is what voters care about.
And this is sometimes when you talk to politicians, as we both do all the time, sometimes some of them really grasp
That at the end of the day, they don't have the power.
It's actually people who voted for them that have the power.
The problem is, for so long, the elite in this country have convinced the vast majority of voters, and including Magna Republican voters, Democrats, all of the above, that the power is held in Washington, D.C.,
And I think when voters watch you not doing what they sent you for, what they pay you for, what your job is, what you said you were going to do, the frustration builds and builds and builds.
And the question is, where does it go?
Some people will still hold their nose and vote for Republicans because that's what they know.
But I think nowadays you're also seeing voters willing to be like, you know what?
My life has not been great for a long time.