Ignore the usual bleating about Trump having ‘lost control’ and not being ‘fit’ for the presidency following his attention-grabbing speech in Arizona. Trump has never been fit for the presidency, if we accept that ‘fitness’ for high office means anything at all. His political career has never really been controlled by anything other than wild ego. We all know this, but we sometimes pretend not to.
In fact, Trump’s speech in Arizona shows he is still aware of what makes his movement tick. His speech demonstrated a political nous that has been lacking of late — an awareness that a president needs supporters. In recent days, the Trump administration appears to have lost touch with the movement that put him in power. The slow ousting and then sacking of Steve Bannon, the torchbearer for American nationalism in the White House.
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