[Genuine Realist]

I have lots of thoughts about Trump’s intelligence or lack thereof, but we’re starting to stray far away from the purpose of this board.

BC

Let me get back to purposes. 

Trump may or may not be dumb, but his supporters aren't necessarily. My own thought as to the relatively disappointing turnout (from Trump's POV) in Tulsa was the number of possible attendees who wanted nothing to do with an event so unhygienic. They  stayed away because of the indifference to social distancing, so I do believe. They may end up voting for him (or, as I view it conceptually, against Biden), but that doesn't mean they buy into the whole rubric about masks or are indifferent to the threat to health. 

Trump would be strongly advised to abandon that whole theme (of anti-mask) and quietly back the program. I do believe the vast majority of the American public accepts the need and the rationale.

[Genuine Realist]

I have lots of thoughts about Trump’s intelligence or lack thereof, but we’re starting to stray far away from the purpose of this board.

BC

Let me get back to purposes. 

Trump may or may not be dumb, but his supporters aren't necessarily. My own thought as to the relatively disappointing turnout (from Trump's POV) in Tulsa was the number of possible attendees who wanted nothing to do with an event so unhygienic. They  stayed away because of the indifference to social distancing, so I do believe. They may end up voting for him (or, as I view it conceptually, against Biden), but that doesn't mean they buy into the whole rubric about masks or are indifferent to the threat to health. 

Trump would be strongly advised to abandon that whole theme (of anti-mask) and quietly back the program. I do believe the vast majority of the American public accepts the need and the rationale.