His popularity is waning. Maybe the drug of the election is finally wearing off of the folks who voted this unknown in. There, of course, will always be the faithful that will follow this guy over a cliff. Why? I don't know for sure. I thought we were more educated and informed now in the 21st century but I guess there will always be people that need to follow something without questioning or being critical. They are hard-wired to follow blindly and believe unquestionably. If this were not true we would never have had all those dictators throughout history. Then there will be some who ride the coat-tails of these people because they expect to get something out of it; power, prestige, control, hand-outs, etc. So not all do it for altruistic reasons.
Those who are honest with themselves, are not selfish, can see the big picture and really care about the welfare of all, will examine things with a critical eye. They will not take things at face value (especially a politician!). They will educate themselves. They will ask questions: does this make sense?; who will pay for this?; how will this benefit our Country?; have I ever heard of this person?; what have they accomplished?; how can this person, who has never run anything before, run my Country? etc,etc,etc! They will control their emotions. It is understandable that emotions drive a campaign and election but now that it is over it is time to view the results with reason not emotions.
How many times have you met somebody and thought, wow, this is the one. You may ignore obvious flaws or problems in the relationship because love (emotion) is blind. But after the initial flood of emotions, which may last for weeks or months, you begin to look at the situation a bit differently. Situations arise. The other person stays out all night and doesn't call you. OK, if that happens once or twice there may have been some extenuating circumstances but when it consistently happens, it's not an exception it is a trend. What happens when it escalates into cheating? What happens when you find that the person has repeatedly lied to you?
The person is charming, everybody likes them, people envy you because they think how lucky you are to be with this person. Yet, this person continually tests your relationship and gives you excuses about their behavior and blames others or makes you feel guilty that you did something to precipitate the situation. You don't want to lose them so you keep taking it and turning a blind eye.
Is this really a functional relationship? Who is getting the best out of this situation? You certainly aren't! This is co-dependency. You have elevated this person to a level they do not deserve. You have acquiesced and compromised yourself. You will even defend this person even though this person cares more for themselves than you. Usually the co-dependant is the last person to realize that they have been duped and disrespected. By then it may be too late. You may have married them, you may have children, a house, bills and spent countless nights alone or sad. Finally this person moves on to find another person to take advantage of and there you are deplete of affection and finances.
Hopefully, the masses will wake up before this happens to our Country, before it's too late. There is a scary and pathological co-dependency occurring with this president. His popularity is unexplained. You gain fame by accomplishing something, yet he is famous for just being. This defies logic! He can definitely talk a blue streak but isn't that what a good salesman does? What is he selling us? Do we need it? And most importantly, can we afford it?
