Prediction: Clorox Will Derail the Trump Train

Maybe the only accurate thing Trump has ever said is that he could “stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody” — and retain all his supporters.

So far, against all odds, that has been true.

I won’t catalogue all Trump’s words and deeds that have been insane or narcasssitic or racist or misogynist or just plain criminal. You know ‘em.

But this Clorox debacle feels different.

I spent years in the political process, escaping only when my growing cynicism overcame my desire to be close to power. And if you’re in the process long enough you acquire the ability to sense things. Like when a candidate is going to lose despite the polls showing the opposite. Or which elected official will sooner or later get his nuts in a vice because of money or sex.

This Clorox episode is a tidal wave on social media. And I’m guessing late night comics are having grand fun with it.

Trending? All I can tell ya is that this story has gotten more views/reads than anything I’ve written on Medium . . .

And Trump certainly didn’t help himself when he attempted a clumsy walk-back by saying:

“I was asking a sarcastic, and a very sarcastic question, to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. Just to see what they’d do with it.”

Yeah. Sure.

And according to Politico, Donald Very-Stable-Genius Trump also said “he’d heard a very nice rumor that heat and sunlight could kill the virus.”

Hokay!

But let’s face it, his Clorox fuck up is incredibly insignificant compared to all the other shit he’s said and done. Let me repeat: incredibly insignificant. But the smallest of things often tip the scales in politics.

I’ve worked with winning candidates who lost because they said one stupid thing. The voter’s change of mind was not logical — the candidate hadn’t changed any of his positions. He just said something stupid. The tipping point for voters can be mysterious and hard to quantify — despite the claims of pollsters.

FiveThirtyEight, which among other things, is highly regarded aggregator of polls, show Trump’s disapproval ratings are already up sharply.

So hide and watch: Trump drank the Clorox. And it will kill him.