Whether this Politico story is supposed to be news or analysis … they want us to count this as news or analysis in 2018?
Trump’s habit of overpromising and underdelivering has created a credibility gap unknown to the presidency in the modern era.
Like the “big, beautiful wall” that has yet to materialize and wasn’t in the spending bill that Trump signed last week. Or the Muslim ban that got whittled down by the courts, albeit not enough.
Other times, Trump makes big pronouncements in the moment, such as when he seemed open during a televised meeting with lawmakers to sweeping gun control measures, only to backtrack within hours.
“He likes to play to television viewers by making big grandiose announcements,” said one person close to the White House. “When the issue starts to fade out in the American consciousness, he may not follow through.”
This is completely new information! Boy, we’re really going to have to give this all time to sink in. But the kicker—also completely new information—is that his base doesn’t really care how much he lies to them.