Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Trump’s Inexhaustible Need for Enemies

His popularity is up, but he's no less committed to division.

June 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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What will President Donald Trump do with his higher ground? More precisely target his enemies.

Things are going relatively well for the president. Unemployment is below 4 percent. The economy continues to expand, and a plurality of Americans in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll credits the president. Trump’s job approval rating has been steadily rising, reaching 44 percent in that same poll, and 42.4 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of multiple national polls.