By far, Trump’s greatest weakness is in the final (and most important) C, credibility. Without that last ingredient, in the long run it’s impossible to get people to buy in to your vision.
Now, for many conservatives (like Ann Coulter), Trump’s credibility rested not on his character, but on the fact that he said he would build a wall. They never stopped to think that the guy who conned others might be conning them, too. Today, Coulter is paying a high price for her misplaced trust—and she is discovering what so many of us sensed all along.
It also helps explain how—even on the rare occasion when Trump wheels out the teleprompter and tries to give a moving speech—nobody is moved. Part of a leader’s job is to persuade via rhetoric, yet outside of his credulous base Trump has consistently failed at this. His Oval Office speech was a dud, he was outmaneuvered by Nancy Pelosi (ironically over whether he could give a State of the Union speech during a shutdown!), and now he’s on the verge of losing Ann Coulter.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member