Protest

President Trump has an effect on others, and it is not positive — for him, anyway. After complaining publicly about NFL players kneeling during the Star Spangled Banner, players linked arms and took a knee throughout the leagues yesterday. If that doesn’t demonstrate Trump has a PR problem, nothing will. He hasn’t finished his first year in office and people wonder why he was elected. Many dread the thought that we must endure four years of him. His popularity ratings have tanked and he seems to be making little effort to buoy them except through campaign-like rallies of the small band of followers he still has. He seems to feast on adulation and remains incapable of hearing or taking criticism to heart. He gets into trouble because he is a loose cannon in speech and Tweeting. And, if he loses a fight, he quickly blames someone else then contrives to show his role was a victory. It is hard to believe he has people working to burnish his image. They have made a deal with the netherworld.