Experts have their opinions. The public has its opinion. They sometimes diverge a lot.
One poll of experts ranked the president as deal last in terms of "greatness" and most "polarizing". Another ranks him as 3rd from the bottom. That is a basis to argue he is the worst US president ever. By contrast, many of his supporters believe that he is the greatest president ever, even better than Ronald Reagan and lightweights like Washington and Lincoln.
There you have it reality fans. He is either the worst or best. If there is opinion he is somewhere in between, I'm not aware of it, but I am sure it exists.
So, as the president lies about how great he is, especially now in how he fearlessly deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, it helps to keep in mind the extraordinary incompetence that experts see in him and his presidency. Obviously, some or most of the president's supporters will reject experts and their data as idiots, liars, socialists, dirty commies, lying grovelers for grant money, democrats, fake news, fake science, etc. We've seen this play before, but just with different actors. The play is called climate science denial, vaccine science denial, flat Earth belief, faked Moon landings knowledge and other similar crackpottery.
Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive science, social behavior, morality and history.
Etiquette
DP Etiquette
First rule: Don't be a jackass.
Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.
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