# Will Trump survive his treatment of Khizr and Ghazala Khan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 1, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463 "2016-08-01T13:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/81 "2016-08-01T20:30:05Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > America appears to have millions and millions of people not only preparing to vote for Trump but actively convincing themselves that its the right thing to do. They have embraced ignorance and absolutely no event, fact or explanation can change their thinking. > > There is no third level deep thinking long game going on here, its simply that a very large number of Americans are fucking idiots. Don’t blame Trump or Clinton for whats happening, look a little closer to home. That my friend is the real and truly scary part of this election! I can see not agreeing with Hillary’s policies, but the out-right hatred is staggering to me because these same people LOVE Trump with all his actual crimes and lawsuits and flat out racist and trash comments. Hillary is so hated that the oppositie is now to love Trump??? Frackin Twilight Zone BS here man…we are thru the looking glass people!! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/82 "2016-08-01T20:32:50Z")
> [@Trump said Monday on Twitter.](#): > > “This story is not about Mr. Khan, who is all over the place doing interviews, but rather RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM and the U.S. Get smart!” [Agent 86, reporting for duty.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWEvp217Tzw) ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/83 "2016-08-01T20:33:06Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yet, eventually [it did happen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Foxx#Death) (and on the set of a TV show he was filming, too. Nobody at first checked on him because they simply assumed that it was just another one of his pratfalls in that vein). Wow! I did not know that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/84 "2016-08-01T20:53:56Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Only if there’s an appreciable number who liked Trump yesterday, don’t identify with those attitudes anyway (regardless of what they imply in practical terms), and don’t have anything else that’s much more important to them that made them Trump fans in the first place. > > I think ultimately the election is just a referendum on what Americans have been thinking about each other all along. We’ve always known there were Trumps among us; the question now is how many. Exactly. People are focusing on Trump and wondering whether he’ll survive this latest fiasco, which would have doomed most any other candidate. Trump isn’t any other candidate. He is the flag-bearer for the frothing-at-the-mouth white man (or woman) who is bitter and wants to take their frustration out on the dangerous or even not-so-dangerous ‘others’. These rabid voters aren’t going away, no matter what he says, no matter what he does. A lot of the undecideds are just as angry as those who are and if they haven’t decided at this point, it’s probably because they’re convinced that their other options are equally bad. Trump has a diseased mind, but Trump himself is not really America’s disease. Rather, he is a symptom of America’s disease. He is symptomatic of the decline of white, middle-class America. He is the product of an America that is pessimistic and paranoid, and he imitates the language of popular trash TV and radio talk show culture in which people win arguments by shouting over each other or by choke slamming their opposition in the middle of a frenzied arena at WWE summer slam. Trump is about as disconnected from the middle class as anyone you’ll find, but that doesn’t matter: what matters is, Trump speaks their language. Just as Tim Kaine is speaking the language of Hispanics who feel threatened, and just as Barack Obama represents America’s rich ethnic and cultural diversity, Trump speaks the language of the street. He speaks to the guy whose father or grandfather proudly brought home a paycheck from some industrial facility in middle America, only to dwell in meth-infested neighborhoods. Trust me: Donald Trump will not only survive this, he will double down on it and emerge from it even stronger than before, just like other strongmen around the world do after take-down attempts. If they could ever decisively unify and declare their nearly universal contempt for their nominee once and for all, fellow republicans probably _could_ act in unison and revolt openly against his candidacy, but they won’t do that. And they won’t because they’re simply not courageous enough to risk a political coup that would potentially backfire the way it did against Ted Cruz. What they’re doing instead is opting for the high-wire balancing act approach, trying to acknowledge that what Trump says is indeed offensive and dishonorable but being careful not to alienate the Frankenstein-like monster of a voting bloc that the republicans had been courting and indeed cultivating for years, but who have now openly sided with one - and only one - candidate. The republicans understand how terrifying this monster is because they created it. And that’s why they’re not going to attack Trump too hard, and that’s why Trump will prevail yet again. And he will survive all of the condemnation…and emerge from it even stronger than ever. I was wrong about Trump – dead wrong. But not necessarily because Trump himself is some sort of cunning political character. I was wrong because I underestimated our people and our society. I underestimated just how many people in our society are completely unqualified to participate in the democratic process. I underestimated how degraded our education system and political discourse has become. I have stopped trying to quantify it. I probably don’t want to know just how much lower we can go. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/85 "2016-08-01T21:10:06Z")
Well I’ve got to tell you, if I knew someone at work who walked around with a copy of the Magna fucking Carta I’d be sitting way at the other end of the staff canteen - with a cattle prod for company. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/86 "2016-08-01T21:37:04Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > As it is, Khan attacked Trump first with the whole “constitution” thing (I doubt Khan actually carries a copy around with him lol). He isn’t a victim, and I’m glad Trump fired back. And if you’ve got the likes of McShame and Grahamnesty rustled, well… You’re probably doing something right. > > (Feelings of deja vu here.) Yeah - what attack, exactly? > [@Khizr Khan](#): > > Let me ask you: have you even read the United States constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘equal protection of law’ That’s not an attack. That’s a rhetorical flourish, implying that Trump certainly doesn’t understand what it says. And even if you do consider it an attack, what kind of thin-skinned idiot responds to it the way Trump is? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/87 "2016-08-01T22:28:21Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > The highly accurate (which I’m basing on the last two presidential elections) [FiveThirtyEight](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=2016-election#now) site ran by Nate Silver shows a significant jump for Clinton in all three of the poll methodologies used there, including a whopping jump of 15% since Saturday of Clinton winning the election if it were held today. Was this just a convention bounce, or did Trump’s comments on Khan have more to do with it? I cannot say, but they certainly haven’t helped him. I spoke too soon. The so-called “now-cast” shows Clinton with an 82% chance if the election were held today, over a 30% increase since Saturday July 30. The chart under the “How the odds have changed” heading is striking. In just two days she has returned to a level not seen since her precipitous decline after the email hearings. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/88 "2016-08-01T22:52:50Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Exactly. > > People are focusing on Trump and wondering whether he’ll survive this latest fiasco, which would have doomed most any other candidate. Trump isn’t any other candidate. He is the flag-bearer for the frothing-at-the-mouth white man (or woman) who is bitter and wants to take their frustration out on the dangerous or even not-so-dangerous ‘others’. These rabid voters aren’t going away, no matter what he says, no matter what he does. A lot of the undecideds are just as angry as those who are and if they haven’t decided at this point, it’s probably because they’re convinced that their other options are equally bad. > > Trump has a diseased mind, but Trump himself is not really America’s disease. Rather, he is a symptom of America’s disease. He is symptomatic of the decline of white, middle-class America. He is the product of an America that is pessimistic and paranoid, and he imitates the language of popular trash TV and radio talk show culture in which people win arguments by shouting over each other or by choke slamming their opposition in the middle of a frenzied arena at WWE summer slam. Trump is about as disconnected from the middle class as anyone you’ll find, but that doesn’t matter: what matters is, Trump speaks their language. Just as Tim Kaine is speaking the language of Hispanics who feel threatened, and just as Barack Obama represents America’s rich ethnic and cultural diversity, Trump speaks the language of the street. He speaks to the guy whose father or grandfather proudly brought home a paycheck from some industrial facility in middle America, only to dwell in meth-infested neighborhoods. > > Trust me: Donald Trump will not only survive this, he will double down on it and emerge from it even stronger than before, just like other strongmen around the world do after take-down attempts. If they could ever decisively unify and declare their nearly universal contempt for their nominee once and for all, fellow republicans probably _could_ act in unison and revolt openly against his candidacy, but they won’t do that. And they won’t because they’re simply not courageous enough to risk a political coup that would potentially backfire the way it did against Ted Cruz. What they’re doing instead is opting for the high-wire balancing act approach, trying to acknowledge that what Trump says is indeed offensive and dishonorable but being careful not to alienate the Frankenstein-like monster of a voting bloc that the republicans had been courting and indeed cultivating for years, but who have now openly sided with one - and only one - candidate. The republicans understand how terrifying this monster is because they created it. And that’s why they’re not going to attack Trump too hard, and that’s why Trump will prevail yet again. And he will survive all of the condemnation…and emerge from it even stronger than ever. > > I was wrong about Trump – dead wrong. But not necessarily because Trump himself is some sort of cunning political character. I was wrong because I underestimated our people and our society. I underestimated just how many people in our society are completely unqualified to participate in the democratic process. I underestimated how degraded our education system and political discourse has become. I have stopped trying to quantify it. I probably don’t want to know just how much lower we can go. That’s an amazing and spot on analysis. Bravo! Also, I fear that America can go a LOT lower still. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/89 "2016-08-01T23:13:09Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Actually, I heard an interview with him yesterday (on one of the NPR shows, I think), and he said yes, he does habitually carry around that copy of the constitution in his coat pocket. He said he wasn’t originally planning to say that in his speech, but when he grabbed his jacket to put it on to go to the convention center he felt it in there and that’s what inspired him to pull it out. From the Washington Post (can’t get a link from the kindle edition, but the reporter’s name is Marc Fisher): > [@](#): > > At the convention, Khan had reached into his jacket pocket to pull out his copy of it, which he says he usually keeps with him, and addressed Trump: “I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘equal protection of law.’ ” > Khan said the Constitution he waved before the cameras Thursday night came out of the boxes of 99-cent pocket versions that he orders from the American Bar Association to hand out to fourth-year cadets graduating from the University of Virginia’s ROTC program. > > Every year since their son’s death, the Khans have invited the cadets to their house for hot dogs and burgers, to honor their son, a graduate of the program, and to give the students their first exposure to a Muslim home, to see “how similar it is to their own,” Khan said. “They’d feel like this is our aunt or uncle’s home. And I have cards from them, understanding the gesture of giving them the Constitution, because they were getting ready to take an oath to that Constitution.”… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/90 "2016-08-01T23:17:14Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > That’s an amazing and spot on analysis. Bravo! > > Also, I fear that America can go a LOT lower still. Well, the longer this goes the more I do think that Trump will survive indeed, but just among 40% of Americans. (When looking at the averages I see that Trump is hitting a ceiling at 43%, the 40%-37% seems to be the current American crazification factor.) As for the other Americans, the last poll from CNN today came showing Clinton ahead by 9 points. I still will continue to volunteer and contribute to the Clinton campaign as we should **never** remain complacent with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/91 "2016-08-01T23:27:29Z")
This is just one in a series of bizarre feuds for Trump. I think that as the election proceeds, he will continue to crack and suffer a public breakdown. His supporters will blame it on the mainstream media’s slanted reporting. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/92 "2016-08-01T23:30:48Z")
I think Josh Marshall from TPM has it right: Trump is not capable of holding back when criticized, no matter who it is our what they say. Everything is about dominance with him. It’s not a strategy - it’s a psychosis. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/93 "2016-08-01T23:34:47Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > ///As it is, Khan attacked Trump first with the whole “constitution” thing (I doubt Khan actually carries a copy around with him lol). He isn’t a victim, and I’m glad Trump fired back… Are you glad Trump went after _Mrs_ Khan too? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/94 "2016-08-02T00:04:02Z")
[Trump asks GOP Congress members for support](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN10C2GO). Shockingly, none seem interested in going on the record supporting him. > [@](#): > > U.S. Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign appealed to Capitol Hill for support on Monday as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated American soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members. > […] > Rob Wasinger, a onetime congressional candidate who has been working for the Trump camp on congressional outreach, sent an email to senior Senate aides saying, “We want to get several member statements out today on this, and would really appreciate your help.” > > A similar appeal was made to Republicans in the House of Representatives, according to a senior aide. > > Attached to the appeal were talking points lawmakers could use to try to tamp down the controversy growing since last week’s appearance at the Democratic convention by the Khans, the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq 12 years ago. > […] > The appeal did not generate any help for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/95 "2016-08-02T00:20:37Z")
What has been striking is Trump’s language when he has talked about Khan’s speech. He describes it as a “vicious attack.” Really? It was a criticism, certainly, but I would not characterize it as an attack. An certainly not vicious. Jut shows how thin-skinned Trump is. Now Trump is saying what is really bothering Khan is Trumps policies to keep terrorists out. Seriusly. > [@](#): > > TRUMP: > > “Well, I was very viciously attacked, as you know, on the stage,” Trump told Columbus’s ABC affiliate ABC6, when asked about Khan’s DNC speech. “And I was surprised to see it. And so all I did — I have great honor and great feeling for his son, Mr. Khan’s son. But, and as far as I’m concerned, he’s a hero.” > > When the interviewer brought up Trump’s position on border security, Trump said, “It’s a very big subject for me. And border security’s very big. And when you have radical Islamic terrorists probably all over the place, we’re allowing them to come in by the thousands and thousands. And I think that’s what bothered Mr. Khan more than anything else. > “And, you know, I’m not going to change my views on that. We have radical Islamic terrorists coming in that have to be stopped. We’re taking them in by the thousands.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/96 "2016-08-02T00:25:15Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I underestimated just how many people in our society are completely unqualified to participate in the democratic process. How can a citizen be “unqualified to participate in the democratic process”? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/97 "2016-08-02T00:26:15Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I think Josh Marshall from TPM has it right: Trump is not capable of holding back when criticized, no matter who it is our what they say. Everything is about dominance with him. > > It’s not a strategy - it’s a psychosis. And this is why I hope that more people come forward to tell personal stories about how Trump screwed them or their businesses. I hope that some people who lost all their money on a bogus Trump U campaign step up and have a press conference. I hope that a business that Trump refused to pay and threatened comes forward and tells all the sordid details. They need to insult him personally. Trump will not be able to help but respond with nasty vitriolic attacks and threats. It’s who he is. On the other hand, I do believe he’ll get 40% of the vote no matter what he does. He could kidnap a child from a church and strangle him on live TV, and 40% would still excuse him. Paul Ryan would say something like “I do not agree with kidnapping and killing random children off the streets. It is not something I think is proper. I still support our Republican Candidate. Vote Trump.” Christie would say that the child threatened Trump first. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/98 "2016-08-02T00:30:56Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > As it is, Khan attacked Trump first with the whole “constitution” thing (I doubt Khan actually carries a copy around with him lol). He isn’t a victim, and I’m glad Trump fired back. And if you’ve got the likes of McShame and Grahamnesty rustled, well… You’re probably doing something right. No. Trump attacked the Khans first with repeated attacks on the loyalty of American Muslims. He recently, for example, repeated the lie that Muslims “knew” about various plans for terrorist attacks and did not report the perpetrators, while there is no evidence for that ever occurring and the last congresscritter who called hearings to “prove” that claim was met with numerous statements from Law Enforcement officials that nearly all the conspiracies that have been stopped were the result of reports from Muslims. Secondly, it is a standard practice to get citizens to provide human interest stories in which they grieve for losses. Such people were recruited to speak against Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, Johnson, etc., but only Trump has had the gall to respond with personal attacks against the family. Finally, your “doubt” that Mr. Khan carries a copy of the Constitution with him has been refuted. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/99 "2016-08-02T00:31:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > \ > > On the other hand, I do believe he’ll get 40% of the vote no matter what he does. He could kidnap a child from a church and strangle him on live TV, and 40% would still excuse him. Paul Ryan would say something like “I do not agree with kidnapping and killing random children off the streets. It is not something I think is proper. I still support our Republican Candidate. Vote Trump.” Christie would say that the child threatened Trump first. If the children in this scenario could be brownish, Trump would claim he was protecting the vulnerable people of the US from a dangerous Muslim terrorist cell. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/100 "2016-08-02T00:31:44Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, the longer this goes the more I do think that Trump will survive indeed, but just among 40% of Americans. (When looking at the averages I see that Trump is hitting a ceiling at 43%, the 40%-37% seems to be the current American crazification factor.) As for the other Americans, the last poll from CNN today came showing Clinton ahead by 9 points. Trump has had a horrible week – maybe the worst of his entire circus of a campaign, and there is evidence that he is paying for it…right now. But he has had episode after cringe-worthy episode, with voters questioning and doubting him along the way, only to once again reemerge like a stubborn cockroach that just won’t go down the drain, assuming the mantle as the great savior of ailing white christian nationalist America. If Trump were attacking a family that of a fallen pale-skinned man who regularly attends a mega church, you might convince me that there is a great sea change taking place. Donald Trump has fallen behind Hillary Clinton, but Hillary will not be able to put the contest out of reach. We still have nearly 100 days before election day. Still time for national security to become an issue. Still time for more Julian Assange and Russia to post more embarrassing details about Hillary Clinton’s impersonations of Henry Kissinger, George Schultz, and Caspar Weinberger. Two weeks ago everyone was talking about the shocking momentum of Donald Trump and the worrisome collapse of Hillary Clinton. Yes, Trump is in a slump. But he has proven that he understands how to use media better than any of us can fathom. Trump literally lives in TV and Twitter land. That explains his every move. We think he’s nuts. For a moment, for a day or a week, maybe he is. So in steps Paul Manafort to give him some poll numbers shock therapy and do damage control. Trust me: Trump will apologize to his victims…the way an abusive husband apologizes to a battered spouse. And we’ll all just wait until he smacks the shit out of us again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463.md?page=6)