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Trump’s indictment bounce looks mixed in early polling
Early post-indictment polling pointed to a split picture: Trump’s core supporters stayed with him, but there was no clear sign of a broad political rebound.
Edition · April 8, 2023
The Daily Fuckup — April 8, 2023
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Closing take
April 7 was less about a dramatic new Trump collapse than the slow-motion embarrassment of watching his team pretend a felony indictment was a branding opportunity. The harder they shouted “victim,” the more the day’s reporting made clear that the legal, political, and public-relations costs were already real.
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The Manhattan case keeps getting worse for Trump’s brand
April 7 kept the focus on Trump’s hush-money prosecution, with the week’s legal and political fallout underscoring how badly the indictment had damaged the former president’s image. The story was not a single new blow so much as a day of accumulating evidence that the case had become a durable liability.