The Trump voters who like what they see
Today’s must-read: “Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
 

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Even as Donald Trump’s critics cheer his declining poll numbers, they face an inconvenient reality, Elaine Godfrey writes: Many of his voters are jubilant.

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Earlier this month, after it became clear that the Trump administration would not be facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran megaprison, I texted a close childhood friend. He’d voted for Donald Trump in each of the past three presidential elections, and I asked for his evaluation. “Trump might be taking it too far,” my friend replied. “But then again,” he added, “he’s a man of action and we wanted change.”

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