Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Events Matter More Than Trump’s Strongest Supporters

The president’s conduct is also affecting his popularity, and that’s a problem ahead of the midterms. Plus, Jonathan Bernstein’s morning links.

August 6, 2018 at 1:41 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.

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We really have to discuss the effects of events on presidencies.

Politico’s Annie Karni reports that what President Donald Trump’s White House learned from his wildly inappropriate comments after Charlottesville last year was that nothing matters — things that were thought to be toxic to a presidency are not, at least not for this president.