Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump’s Antics Show Contempt for His Own Voters

The president’s election challenges have no realistic chance of succeeding. The goal now is to keep the donations flowing.

November 19, 2020 at 12:45 PM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

It’s over.
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I’m hardly the first to say this, but one thing remains clear about Donald Trump as a politician: No one has more contempt for his supporters than the president himself and those around him.