Stop Underestimating Donald Trump
We can only keep him in check if we recognize his ability to do great harm.
Article/Op-Ed in Slate
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Jan. 12, 2017
As part of his new column for Slate, Yascha Mounk wrote about underestimating Donald Trump:
At every turn, pundits and political scientists underestimated Donald Trump. When he announced he was running to be president of the United States, they laughed. When he led the polls for the GOP nomination, they predicted his popularity would be short-lived. When he became the Republican nominee, they celebrated. Against a Rubio or even a Christie, Clinton might have lost. But against Trump?
We’ve underestimated Trump over and over and over again. And over and over and over again, we’ve all paid a heavy price. And yet, many of the same pundits and political scientists who confidently predicted that Trump would never be president are now confidently predicting that his presidency will soon be tanked by incompetence and unpopularity.