Demotix/Mark Apollo. All rights reserved.Donald Trump’s views are sometimes farcical, and sometimes disturbing. His most recent infuriating comments about banning Muslims from travelling to the US were exceptionally reprehensible. A huge wave of reactions from across the globe denounced his ignorant and utterly repellent views.
But particularly troubling is the recent NBC, Telemundo, and Marist College poll showing that more than seven in ten Republicans believe Trump “tells it like it is,” while only 25 percent find him “insulting and offensive”.
The poll does not mean, of course, that Trump commands the support of 70 percent of potential Republican voters—but that 70 percent believe that he “tells it like it is” regardless of whether they will vote for him or not.
