Whatever support Trump loses on his own, extreme opposition and anti-Trump profiteers only guarantee he gets it back

Sir, Patty Waldmeir writes: “In the Midwest American heartland… the silent white majority appears to be keener on Trump than ever…The other side may be turning out in their hundreds of thousands, clad in cat-eared Pussy Hats to fight the new world order, but the Trump side can’t believe its luck. And it is scoring more converts all the time.” “Good news for Trump from his supporters in the heartlands” February 21.

Absolutely! The opposition can weaken or dilute Trump’s support, especially when he himself does so much to help, but instead, the extreme runaway Trump opposition, and the anti-Trump profiteers showing off their credentials, only help to stiffen and compact his support.

PS. http://teawithft.blogspot.com/2017/02/is-it-opposition-that-weakens-or.html

@PerKurowski

Is it opposition that weakens or loosens up support, or opposition that stiffens and compacts support?

Sir, many of us Venezuelans have lived trough many years thinking the fall of Chavez/Maduro just to be a question of few days. That it did not happen was in much the direct result of that the opposition, instead of loosening up the Chavez/Maduro support, by preaching excessively to the choir, only compacted it.

So when I now read opinions against Trump I ask myself, does it loosen or does it compact Trump’s support?

Sir, with respect to that what Edward Luce expresses in “Trump and the siege of Washington”, February 20, what would be your own gut feeling… loosening or compacting?

My own opinion is that the more you stick to the issues and the less with the person the better. Of course, as you well know, that is easier said than done.

@PerKurowski

Venezuela’s debts to China should first be investigated, not first negotiated.

Sir, Lucy Hornby and Andres Schipani report that Chinese "Envoys seek assurances from opposition on debt in case president [Maduro] falls” June 20.

I don’t know about the opposition, but I sure believe that if any developed countries had been given those loans in such non-transparent terms, as Venezuela got those of China, its citizen would have, at least initially, given the Chinese the finger.

And so this is not for the opposition to negotiate, it is for the opposition to openly and transparently investigate.

Only after complete investigations have concluded, and the debt has been declared bona fide, and not derived from odious credits or odious borrowings, could then open and transparent negotiations begin. 

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