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Unhinged: The 2020 Campaign Begins

Just before Donald Trump's inauguration  (which happened just 33 days ago - seems a lot longer than that doesn't it?), I was having lunch with several of my work colleagues all of whom voted for Trump in last fall's election. They were talking about how pleased they were at how Trump was going to "shake things up" in Washington.  As I finished my meal I predicted that Trump would become highly adversarial toward the media and that this would ultimately lead to fewer press conferences, more mass rallies, and more direct communication by Trump through twitter. This past Friday and Saturday featured a great example of what I thought might be coming.  After an unusually combative press conference , Trump rushed down to Florida where his supporters formed a line a mile long waiting to applaud and voice support for the president.  The event was billed not as an "official" presidential visit, but rather as a "campaign" affair .  The 2020 campaign