The left’s obsession with whether Americans “like” Donald Trump completely misses the point. Elections aren’t popularity contests — they’re about who can get the job done.

Trump has never pretended to be a feel-good figure. He knows voters don’t have to like him — they just have to trust him to fight for them.

That’s exactly the point he hammered home two months before the 2024 election during a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As the Independent Journal Review reported on September 5, 2024, Trump told voters:

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