Yes! Stop with the notion that public opinion can’t be shaped! It absolutely can and it’s the job of leaders to do so.
@qjurecic.bsky.socialImmediately after Jan 6, Trump’s approval ratings tanked to the lowest point of his first term (to roughly where they are right now, in fact). It was only as time went on, and elite institutions signaled that maybe it hadn’t been such a big deal, that people stopped caring as immediately