The Fragile Calm Beneath Trump’s RiseTrump’s numbers weren’t supposed to move.Pundits said the map was locked, that nothing short of a national crisis could jolt it loose. But as gas prices dip and holiday spending rebounds, something subtle — and unsettling — is shifting beneath the surface. His approval is inching upward, even as most voters still insist they dislike him. Democrats, sensing the tremor, are scrambling to reclaim the message. The “affordability” theme that once defined their own pitch is now being weaponized against them — and they know it. Trump’s modest rise is tethered to something brutally simple:...
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