It’s finally happening. For the first time, President Donald Trump’s support base – his vaunted red-hat army – is starting to fray.The “hammerheads,” as his former adviser Steve Bannon has called them, have been fantastically loyal since 2016. That was when Mr. Trump famously said "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose voters.”Lo and behold, he wasn’t kidding. His base members – they consist of a lot more than rednecks, race-baiters and pitchfork populists – have stuck to him like Krazy Glue. They love his reactionary policies, his barroom...…It’s finally happening. For the first time, President Donald Trump’s support base – his vaunted red-hat army – is starting to fray.The “hammerheads,” as his former adviser Steve Bannon has called them, have been fantastically loyal since 2016. That was when Mr. Trump famously said "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose voters.”Lo and behold, he wasn’t kidding. His base members – they consist of a lot more than rednecks, race-baiters and pitchfork populists – have stuck to him like Krazy Glue. They love his reactionary policies, his barroom...WW…

Did anyone expect anything different?President Donald Trump hitting Canada – America’s great friend and ally – with aluminum tariffs in yet another hostile act was decidedly predictable.He’s a protectionist who has built his brand on retrograde nationalism. The tariffs are in keeping with that.He’s treated Canada more like an adversary or enemy than an ally all along, becoming the first president in more than century to do so.He warned Ottawa weeks ago that the tariffs were coming. And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pricked Mr. Trump’s mammoth ego by not showing up in Washington last month...…Did anyone expect anything different?President Donald Trump hitting Canada – America’s great friend and ally – with aluminum tariffs in yet another hostile act was decidedly predictable.He’s a protectionist who has built his brand on retrograde nationalism. The tariffs are in keeping with that.He’s treated Canada more like an adversary or enemy than an ally all along, becoming the first president in more than century to do so.He warned Ottawa weeks ago that the tariffs were coming. And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pricked Mr. Trump’s mammoth ego by not showing up in Washington last month...WW…

Since the 2016 shocker, there’s always been a tendency to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt when talking about his re-election chances.When all his negatives are raised, knees invariably start jerking. “Ah, but look what happened last time,” comes the response. He was counted out and still won. When it’s noted that he’s been trailing in the polls virtually every day in the past 3½ years, there’s the same reply: Look what happened last time.But it’s finally time to forget what happened then. Chances of it happening again this time are going up in smoke. Mr. Trump is running with a...…Since the 2016 shocker, there’s always been a tendency to give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt when talking about his re-election chances.When all his negatives are raised, knees invariably start jerking. “Ah, but look what happened last time,” comes the response. He was counted out and still won. When it’s noted that he’s been trailing in the polls virtually every day in the past 3½ years, there’s the same reply: Look what happened last time.But it’s finally time to forget what happened then. Chances of it happening again this time are going up in smoke. Mr. Trump is running with a...WW…