That's how bad Biden / Harris are..............
https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-donald-trump-actually-the-return-to-normal-candidate/
Many in the Beltway view Donald Trump as the personification of dire political disruption. A recent Atlantic cover even painted the former president in the foreboding hues of a Stephen King novel. However, a series of recent polls suggest that many swing voters may see something else entirely in Trump: the potential for normalcy.
While Joe Biden ran on a “return to normal” message in 2020, chaos has been the leitmotif of his administration. The border crisis has pushed the asylum system and many working-class communities to breaking point. While the shortages of the past have abated, inflation has ravaged family cheque books. The frenzied withdrawal from Afghanistan was a prelude to war returning to Europe and the Middle East, and foreign policy tensions have continued to escalate.
This record has cast a shadow over the presidential race between Trump and Kamala Harris. New polling of battleground-state voters from the Wall Street Journal gives Trump an edge over Harris on immigration and the economy, as might be expected. But it also found that voters favoured him on foreign affairs, too. They thought he would be better able to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by 11 points (50%-39%). They gave him an even greater advantage on the Israel-Hamas war, by 48% to 33%. These voters may believe that Trump’s “don’t poke the eagle” brand of Jacksonian foreign policy kept many international rivals on their toes. As president, he didn’t invoke high ideals about “liberal democracy” but instead struck hard and fast at geopolitical foes, such as the Islamic State.
https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-donald-trump-actually-the-return-to-normal-candidate/
Many in the Beltway view Donald Trump as the personification of dire political disruption. A recent Atlantic cover even painted the former president in the foreboding hues of a Stephen King novel. However, a series of recent polls suggest that many swing voters may see something else entirely in Trump: the potential for normalcy.
While Joe Biden ran on a “return to normal” message in 2020, chaos has been the leitmotif of his administration. The border crisis has pushed the asylum system and many working-class communities to breaking point. While the shortages of the past have abated, inflation has ravaged family cheque books. The frenzied withdrawal from Afghanistan was a prelude to war returning to Europe and the Middle East, and foreign policy tensions have continued to escalate.
This record has cast a shadow over the presidential race between Trump and Kamala Harris. New polling of battleground-state voters from the Wall Street Journal gives Trump an edge over Harris on immigration and the economy, as might be expected. But it also found that voters favoured him on foreign affairs, too. They thought he would be better able to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by 11 points (50%-39%). They gave him an even greater advantage on the Israel-Hamas war, by 48% to 33%. These voters may believe that Trump’s “don’t poke the eagle” brand of Jacksonian foreign policy kept many international rivals on their toes. As president, he didn’t invoke high ideals about “liberal democracy” but instead struck hard and fast at geopolitical foes, such as the Islamic State.
