It finally happened. For the first time in President-elect Donald Trump’s nearly nine years in politics, his favourable ratings now exceed his unfavourable ratings.

Consider Trump’s evolution since declaring his candidacy for president in 2015. It began with broad ridicule. How could the “crass,” “self-promoting” “braggart” win? As he began to be taken more seriously, critics compared the prospect of a Trump victory to Hitler’s seizure of power in Nazi Germany.

When Trump became president, he battled a “resistance” consisting of the dismissal of his election as “illegitimate” and of calling the “stolen” election, only a result of Russian “collusion.” Then came baseless lawsuits by the Department of Justice and Trump-hating state and local prosecutors.

He endured congressional investigations and two impeachments for reasons even the average Trump-hating voter could not explain. There were non-stop attacks by Democrat politicians, the Trump-hating combination of media/academia/Hollywood/Big Tech (with the belated exception of X). Over 90% of the Trump “news” coverage by ABC, NBC and CBS........

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