One of the more noticeable polling results recently has been Trump's loss of support among seniors. That's really deadly for Republicans.

As with other Republican politicians before him, white and male voters are among the most likely to approve of Mr Trump's job performance, while younger voters and members of ethnic minorities are among the most strongly disapproving. People who have the most education--college graduates and postgrads--are least likely to support Mr Trump. Voters of pension age, normally a solidly Republican bloc, are also surprisingly lukewarm on the president.

Seniors are the most reliable voting bloc of all voters. They simply cannot afford to lose them.

Older people remember when presidents didn't act this way. Maybe some of them are beginning to see why it's important that they don't? I don't know. They're probably like everyone else -- worried about inflation and not comfortable with the police state tactics. But they vote and if he's alienating them the GOP is going to have a problem in November.