Trump once said on the campaign trail that he would approve of torture as President, “even if it doesn’t work.” With four weeks left to Election Day, he seemed to be testing the proposition on the public.
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I am not prepared to call this a meltdown just yet. In any other election cycle, yes, this is a classic meltdown. But Trump has managed to defy expectations in a way that very few people saw coming. This Time cover seems like a premature celebration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhK55JVEd8
Fair point.
Like I said, premature celebration.
A reminder of the value of polls and conventional wisdom in the age of Trump. See above.